ULTRAFAST LASERS - Fibers adapt modelocked lasers for turnkey operation

摘要

Fiber lasers offer a reliable, economical, and easy-to-use alternative to solid-state lasers and optical parametric frequency conversion. Of all lasers, femtosecond lasers are probably the most versatile, but their application is nevertheless still largely confined to physics and chemistry departments in academia. So what makes this technology so interesting and why is it not used more often?