Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser

Fanchao Meng; John M. Dudley

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0270-7

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- Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 2, Pages: 219-221(2020)
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  Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institut FEMTO-ST UMR 6174, Besançon, France
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  John M. Dudley (john.dudley@univ-fcomte.fr)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-0270-7
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- Published：2020，
  
  Published Online：27 February 2020，
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Meng, F. C. & Dudley, J. M. Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 219-221 (2020).
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Meng, F. C. & Dudley, J. M. Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 219-221 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-0270-7.

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Femtosecond pulses from an ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser can be optimized in real time by combining single-shot spectral measurements with a smart genetic algorithm to actively control and drive the intracavity dynamics.

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