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We report the precise characterization of the optical potential obtained by injecting a distributed-feedback erbium-doped fiber laser (DFB EDFL) at 1560 nm to the transversal modes of a folded optical cavity. The optical potential was…
Passive Q-switching of an ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) laser with few-layer topological insulator (TI) is, to the best of our knowledge, experimentally demonstrated for the first time. The few-layer TI: Bi2Se3 (2-4 layer thickness) is…
The increasing demand for multi-wavelength optical sources to support dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) channels has driven the development of compact and reconfigurable multi-wavelength fiber lasers. Here, we demonstrate a…
Structured-core thulium-doped fibers were developed to reduce heat load, enable shorter-wavelength operation, and achieve a pedestal-free design. In a proof-of-principle experiment, laser slope efficiencies of 52% at 1907 nm and 54% at 1940…
We demonstrate yellow laser emission using silicate glass fiber as the gain medium. By employing core pumping using widely available GaN diode lasers with emission at 445 nm, we show that Dy3+-doped aluminosilicate glass fiber can be…
Advanced three-dimensional manufacturing techniques are triggering new paradigms in the way we design and produce sophisticated parts on demand. Yet, to fully unravel its potential, a few limitations have to be overcome, one of them being…
This study reports the successful fabrication of high-positive refractive index change waveguides, exceeding 0.02 in fluoride glasses, marking a significant advancement in integrated optical components for visible to mid-infrared…
Powder-based additive manufacturing techniques provide tools to construct intricate structures that are difficult to manufacture using conventional methods. In Laser Powder Bed Fusion, components are built by selectively melting specific…
We have specifically investigated the free-space mode locking dynamics of erbium-doped fiber (EDF) mode-locked ultrafast lasers via nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) in the normal dispersion regime. To do so, we built a passively…
For the first time, we introduce a rapid wavelength-swept, passively mode-locked fiber laser in an all-polarization-maintaining and all-fiber configuration. Achieving an exceptional wavelength sweep rate of up to 19 kHz through external…
Almost all high-voltage dc generation for low-power applications is done by either electrostatic machines or voltage multipliers. Electrostatic machines use mechanically moving parts to transfer charge and energy from the low-voltage side…
Liquid dye lasers have long been considered as ideal tunable laser sources in the visible range but are bulky, expensive, and require a complex system for dye circulation. Here, we present a system that relies on a low-cost blue laser diode…
Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) laser frequency stabilization is a powerful technique widely used for building narrow-linewidth lasers. This technique is however ineffective in suppressing high-frequency (>100~kHz) laser phase noise detrimental for…
Laser micro-welding is an advanced manufacturing method today applied in various domains. However, important physical limitations have prevented so far to demonstrate its applicability in silicon and other technology-essential…
Modelocked frequency comb lasers have always operated with a single pulse circulating in the laser cavity. This meant that each laser technology had an associated limit on pulse repetition rate. Achieving higher rates required different…
We report on the eye-safe laser performance of Tm3+-doped calcium fluoride crystals, modified with optically inactive "buffer" cations (Y3+, Lu3+, Gd3+, and La3+), under in-band diode-pumping at 1.68 um. In the free-running regime, the 1.5…
We report the fabrication of the first 24-mode universal photonic processor (UPP) realized through femtosecond laser writing (FLW), marking the most complex UPP demonstrated to date. Optimized for quantum dot emission at 925 nm, the device…
Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) electro-optic modulators are attractive for high-speed optical interconnects, but scalable transmitter architectures require not only high modulation bandwidth but also multi-channel optical power…
Glass materials play an increasingly important role in advanced technologies due to their superior physical properties. However, precise machining of glass remains a major challenge because of its brittleness and sensitivity to thermal and…
A femtosecond frequency-doubled Erbium-doped fiber laser with adjustable pulse repetition rate is developed and applied in two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy. The all-fiber laser system provides the fundamental pulse at 1560 nm…