{"title":"The impact of femtosecond fiber lasers in technology and science","authors":"Martin E. Fermann , Antoine Rolland","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2024.131197","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present a first-hand view of the early origins of femtosecond fiber technology built upon the foundations of ultrafast optics established in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. We discuss what considerations led to the establishment of early femtosecond oscillator designs and how they have been improved over the years. Another aspect of this article deals with the road to ever increasing pulse energies and average powers that can be achieved based on various amplification techniques. We go on to review the journey toward achieving greater precision enabled via the invention of frequency combs and the incorporation of frequency comb technology within the realm of fiber optics. The paper concludes with a brief overview of some of the most important fiber laser applications and provides a preview of what may lie ahead in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Optics Communications","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030401824009349","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"OPTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We present a first-hand view of the early origins of femtosecond fiber technology built upon the foundations of ultrafast optics established in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. We discuss what considerations led to the establishment of early femtosecond oscillator designs and how they have been improved over the years. Another aspect of this article deals with the road to ever increasing pulse energies and average powers that can be achieved based on various amplification techniques. We go on to review the journey toward achieving greater precision enabled via the invention of frequency combs and the incorporation of frequency comb technology within the realm of fiber optics. The paper concludes with a brief overview of some of the most important fiber laser applications and provides a preview of what may lie ahead in the future.
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Optics Communications invites original and timely contributions containing new results in various fields of optics and photonics. The journal considers theoretical and experimental research in areas ranging from the fundamental properties of light to technological applications. Topics covered include classical and quantum optics, optical physics and light-matter interactions, lasers, imaging, guided-wave optics and optical information processing. Manuscripts should offer clear evidence of novelty and significance. Papers concentrating on mathematical and computational issues, with limited connection to optics, are not suitable for publication in the Journal. Similarly, small technical advances, or papers concerned only with engineering applications or issues of materials science fall outside the journal scope.