By integrating a holmium-doped ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber within a nonlinear optical loop mirror, the approach achieves high compression efficiency with minimal pedestal energy, offering a ...

Ultrashort mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser pulses are essential for applications such as molecular spectroscopy, nonlinear microscopy, and biomedical imaging, but their generation often relies on complex ...

Femtosecond laser pulses, with durations on the order of 10⁻¹⁵ seconds, have transformed the landscape of ultrafast optics by enabling the exploration of rapid light–matter interactions. The dynamics ...

Humans are generating more data than ever before. While much of these data do not need to be stored long-term, some – such as ...

Researchers demonstrate that femtosecond laser-induced transient Pauli blocking can achieve ultrafast, broadband optical ...

Ultrafast laser pulse characterization is a critical cornerstone in the field of photonics, enabling the precise measurement and reconstruction of optical pulses with durations in the femtosecond ...

Extremely short pulses of laser light with a peak power of 6 terawatts (6 trillion watts)—roughly equivalent to the power produced by 6,000 nuclear power plants—have been realized by two RIKEN ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Engineers at Purdue University have developed a technique that could result in more accurate “ultra-wideband” radio signals for ground-penetrating radar, radio communications ...

"Within femtoseconds, the laser pulse excites the electrons in the material. Several picoseconds later, the excited electrons transfer their energy to the atomic nuclei." Consequently, this energy ...

Representatives from the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s LASER PULSE program traveled to Vietnam this summer to meet with three research teams working on air or water pollution projects. Led by ...

Fibertek proudly celebrates the achievement of 2 trillion laser shots fired from NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite in March 2025, marking more than six years of continuous, high-performance operation on orbit ...

Shanghai scientists develop ultranarrow bandwidth mode-locked laser with a widely-tunable pulse duration. Shanghai’s ultranarrow bandwidth mode-locked laser. Click for info. Ultranarrow bandwidth mode ...