Recent years have seen the rapid growth and development of the field of smart photonics,
where machine-learning algorithms are being matched to optical systems to add new …

Owing to their compactness, robustness, low cost, high stability, and diffraction-limited beam
quality, mode-locked fiber lasers play an indispensable role in micro/nanomanufacturing …

Self-assembly of particle-like dissipative solitons, in the presence of mutual interactions,
emphasizes the vibrant concept of soliton molecules in varieties of laser resonators …

Harnessing pulse generation from an ultrafast laser is a challenging task as reaching a
specific mode‐locked regime generally involves adjusting multiple control parameters, in …

Direct generation of chirp-free solitons without external compression in normal-dispersion
fiber lasers is a long-term challenge in ultrafast optics. We demonstrate near-chirp-free …

Soliton<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> molecules (SMs)<? TeX 4pc 0pt?> are fundamentally important
modes in nonlinear optical systems. It is a challenge to experimentally produce SMs with the …

The self-assembly of optical solitons propagating in nonlinear dissipative systems spreads
the concept of soliton molecules. Assisted with the real-time spectral interferometry, plentiful …

Coupling between modes is crucial for generating coherent structures and spatiotemporal
chaos in optical systems. In an ultrafast fiber laser with birefringence, the stable pulse is …

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

The application of machine learning to the field of ultrafast photonics is becoming more and
more extensive. In this paper, for the automatic mode-locked operation in a saturable …