Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser

Femtosecond pulses from an ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser can be optimized in real time by combining single-shot spectral measurements with a smart genetic algorithm to actively control and drive the intracavity dynamics.

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Published inLight, science & applications Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 26
Main Authors Meng, Fanchao, Dudley, John M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.02.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Nature Publishing Group
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Applied and Technical Physics
Atomic
Classical and Continuum Physics
Lasers
Molecular
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Optical and Plasma Physics
Optical Devices
Optics
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
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Ultrafast lasers
Fibre lasers
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Summary:Femtosecond pulses from an ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser can be optimized in real time by combining single-shot spectral measurements with a smart genetic algorithm to actively control and drive the intracavity dynamics.
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PMCID: PMC7044298
ISSN:2047-7538
2095-5545
2047-7538
DOI:10.1038/s41377-020-0270-7