This graduate-level textbook starts with Maxwell's equations. If the reader finds this
reasonable, this book should be helpful. Focusing on ultrafast solid-state laser oscillators …

Some key recent achievements in the development of novel saturable absorbers that are
based on semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) structures for the passive mode locking of near …

Er 3+ emission and lasing properties at 1.5 μm were studied in fluoride phosphate glasses
(FP20) with different doping concentrations as well as in a commercial phosphate glass …

A stable passively mode-locked Er-doped silica fiber laser with a fundamental repetition rate
of up to 5 GHz is demonstrated, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the highest repetition …

In this monograph, the authors address the physics and engineering together with the latest
achievements of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot …

Today's ultrafast all-solid-state lasers continue to demonstrate unsurpassed performances in
terms of pulse duration, pulse repetition rates, average power and wavelength range …

We have investigated the dynamical behavior of various passively mode-locked solid-state
lasers by measuring how a modulation of the pump power affects the output power. We …

Since 1990 we have observed a tremendous progress in ultrashort pulse generation using
solid-state lasers (Fig. 2.1. 1). Until the end of the 1980's, ultrashort pulse generation was …

A series of new fluorophosphate glasses co-doped with Er 3+/Yb 3+ ions with composition 5
Ba (PO 3) 2–(90-x)(AlF 3–CaF 2–MgF 2–BaF 2–SrF 2)–5YbF 3-xErF 3, where x= 0, 0.1, 0.5 …

We report the first demonstration to our knowledge of passive mode locking in a diode-
pumped Er 3+ and Yb 3+ codoped Y Al 3 (BO 3) 4 laser operating in the 1.5–1.6 μ m …