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 …

In recent years, machine learning, especially various deep neural networks, as an emerging
technique for data analysis and processing, has brought novel insights into the development …

Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers revolutionized long-haul optical communications and laser
technology. Erbium ions could provide a basis for efficient optical amplification in photonic …

Fluorescence imaging has made tremendous inroads toward understanding the complexity
of biological systems, but in vivo deep-tissue imaging remains a great challenge due to the …

Locking of longitudinal modes in laser cavities is the common path to generate ultrashort
pulses. In traditional multi-wavelength mode-locked lasers, the group velocities rely on …

Driven by new two-dimensional materials, great changes and progress have taken place in
the field of ultrafast photonics in recent years. Among them, the emerging single element two …

The idea of temporal solitons in optical fibres as a means to compensate for the chromatic
dispersion-induced temporal broadening of pulses via the intensity-dependent refractive …

As a newly emerged mono‐elemental nanomaterial, black phosphorus (BP) has been
widely investigated for its fascinating physical properties, including layer‐dependent tunable …

The flat endface of an optical fiber tip is an emerging light-coupled microscopic platform that
combines fiber optics with planar micro-and nanotechnologies. Since different materials and …

Soliton explosions are among the most exotic dissipative phenomena studied in mode-
locked lasers. In this regime, a dissipative soliton circulating in the laser cavity experiences …