Carbon nanotube (CNT) can work as excellent saturable absorber (SA) due to its
advantages of fast recovery, low saturation intensity, polarization insensitivity, deep …

We provide a critical review of the fundamental concepts of Kerr lens mode-locking (KLM),
along with a detailed description of the experimental considerations involved in the …

Ultrashort pulse generation hinges on the careful management of dispersion. Traditionally,
this has exclusively involved second-order dispersion, with higher-order dispersion treated …

Mode-locking of lasers Page 1 IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM
ELECTRONICS, VOL. 6, NO. 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2000 1173 Mode-Locking of Lasers …

A comprehensive treatment of ultrafast optics This book fills the need for a thorough and
detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the …

In this paper, a review of fiber laser technology as relevant for applications in ultrafast optics
is given. We discuss core enabling fiber technologies, such as fiber amplifiers, all-fiber …

Spectra extending from 600 to 1200?? nm have been generated from a Kerr-lens mode-
locked Ti: sapphire laser producing 5-fs pulses. Specially designed double-chirped mirror …

The performance of fiber mode-locked lasers is limited due to the high nonlinearity induced
by the spatial confinement of the single-mode fiber core. To massively increase the pulse …

Solitons are wave packets that can propagate without changing shape by balancing
nonlinear effects with the effects of dispersion. In photonics, they have underpinned …

We show, experimentally and numerically, that Ti: sapphire mode-locked lasers can operate
in a regime in which they intermittently produce exploding solitons. This happens when the …