Fiber lasers and their applications [Invited]

• Published in: Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 53; no. 28; p. 6554
• Main Authors: Shi, Wei, Fang, Qiang, Zhu, Xiushan, Norwood, R A, Peyghambarian, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Energy Transfer; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation; Lasers

Fiber lasers have seen progressive developments in terms of spectral coverage and linewidth, output power, pulse energy, and ultrashort pulse width since the first demonstration of a glass fiber laser in 1964. Their applications have extended into a variety of fields accordingly. In this paper, the...