Vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are the most versatile laser
sources, combining unique features such as wide spectral coverage, ultrashort pulse …

Ultrashort lasers provide an important tool to probe the dynamics of physical systems at very
short time-scales, allowing for improved understanding of the performance of many devices …

Q switching (QS) and mode locking (ML) are the two main techniques enabling generation
of ultrashort pulses. Here, we report the first observation of pulse evolution and dynamics in …

Pulsed lasers operating in the mid-infrared (3–20 μm) are important for a wide range of
applications in sensing, spectroscopy, imaging and communications. Despite recent …

Some background as well as recent progress in the development of femtosecond lasers are
discussed together with a brief outline of a few representative emergent applications in …

The performance of ultrafast semiconductor disk lasers has rapidly advanced in recent
decades. The strong interest from industry for inexpensive, compact, and reliable ultrafast …

A report is presented on an optically-pumped semiconductor disk laser providing a
continuous-wave output power of 106 W at a heatsink temperature of 3 C. The laser, which …

Exploring emerging materials with enhanced optical nonlinearities at low power levels with
ultrafast response and small footprints is of great interest for information processing …

Femtosecond optical pulses have applications in optical communication, astronomical
frequency combs and laser spectroscopy. Here, a hybrid mode-locked erbium-doped fiber …

Optical frequency combs are lightwaves composed of a large number of equidistant spectral
lines. They are important for metrology, spectroscopy, communications and fundamental …