Photonics Research | January 2008
Ytterbium-doped lutetium aluminum garnet (Yb:LuAG) has several desirable qualities as a solid-state laser material. Compared with the more familiar...
Because the human cornea does not transmit wavelengths longer than 1.5 μm, lasers in this spectral region are less dangerous than...
All-optical switching — the switching of one beam of light by another — is an absolutely essential technology for transparent fiber optic networks...
Optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) provide an important mechanism to extend and tune the wavelength range of conventional lasers. Conceptually,...