Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock

Light Sci Appl. 2020 Apr 23:9:67. doi: 10.1038/s41377-020-0312-1. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Metasurface saturable absorbers may result in versatile mode-locking that allows one to obtain stable ultrashort laser pulses with high repetition rates and peak powers, along with broadband operation, within fiber to solid-state laser cavities.

Keywords: Metamaterials; Mode-locked lasers; Nonlinear optics.

Publication types

  • News