Ultrashort pulse generation at the short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelength ranges from 1.6 to
2.5 μ m and together with benefits of the all-fiber design has transformed lasers into an …

Abstract Mid‐infrared (mid‐IR) ultrafast lasers are widely employed in biomedicine,
molecular spectroscopy, material processing, and nonlinear optics. With the improvement of …

Ultrafast fiber lasers have gained rapid advances in last decades for their intrinsic merits
such as potential of all-fiber format, excellent beam quality, superior power scalability, and …

Compact and powerful ultrafast light sources at high pulse repetition rates, based on mode-
locked near infrared fiber lasers, are now widely available and are being used in …

Rapid development of ultrafast technology within the last several years has established a
number of important practical applications and, consequently, produced a strong demand for …

Ultrafast fiber lasers have the potential to make applications of ultrashort pulses widespread–
techniques not only for scientists, but also for doctors, manufacturing engineers, and more …

We review the latest breakthroughs in ultrafast fiber laser technology in the mid-IR
wavelength range≥ 2 μm. In particular, we concentrate on two novel laser systems built …

As ultrafast laser technology has begun to be deployed in industrial applications, the
availability of commercial ultrafast lasers has greatly proliferated. The most widely used …

Ultrafast lasers are becoming increasingly widespread in science and industry alike. Fiber-
based ultrafast laser sources are especially attractive because of their compactness …

In the past two decades, great progress has been made in the development of inexpensive,
compact and efficient mid-infrared pulsed fiber laser Q-switched, mode-locked, and gain …