Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock.

Published in: Light, science & applications (2020)

Metasurface saturable absorbers may result in versatile mode-locking that allows one to obtain stable ultrashort laser pulses with high repetition rates and peak powers, along with broadband operation, within fiber to solid-state laser cavities.

Keyphrases

solid state
high speed
high resolution
mass spectrometry