Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock

Basudeb Sain; Thomas Zentgraf

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0312-1

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- Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 3, Pages: 480-482(2020)
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  Department of Physics, Paderborn University, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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  Thomas Zentgraf (thomas.zentgraf@uni-paderborn.de)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-0312-1
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  Published Online：23 April 2020，
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Sain, B. & Zentgraf, T. Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 480-482 (2020).
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Sain, B. & Zentgraf, T. Metasurfaces help lasers to mode-lock. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 480-482 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-0312-1.

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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.

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