Solitons are stable localized wave packets that can propagate long distance in dispersive
media without changing their shapes. As particle-like nonlinear localized waves, solitons …

Ultrafast femtosecond mode-locked fiber laser plays an indispensable role in medical
imaging, space ranging, ophthalmology, terahertz spectroscopy, material micromachining …

Ultrafast fiber lasers have significant applications in laser communications, ultra-precision
manufacturing, biomedical diagnostics, and so on. Among all the types of ultrashort pulses …

One and two dimensional forms of carbon, Carbon nanotube and graphene, have
interesting and useful not only electronic but also photonic properties. This tutorial will …

Ultrafast lasers play an increasingly important role in many applications. Nanotubes and
graphene have emerged as promising novel saturable absorbers for passive mode-locking …

Mode-locked fiber lasers are currently undergoing a significant evolution towards higher
pulse energies and shorter pulse durations. A key enabler in this progress has been the …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess both remarkable optical properties and high potential for
integration in various photonic devices. We overview, here, recent progress in CNT …

Application of a multilayer Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS_2) thin film as a saturable absorber
was experimentally demonstrated by realizing a stable and robust passive mode-locked …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess remarkable nonlinear optical properties; a particular
application is to function as a mode locker used in ultrafast fiber lasers to produce ultrashort …

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