TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards the “dream pulsed laser”

AU - Kobtsev, S.

N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant # FSUS-2020-0036) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project #18-29-20025). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/10

Y1 - 2021/10

N2 - It is an obvious trend that more and more technology devices are approaching the stage of computer-controlled black box, and lasers cannot escape this either. Generally, users do not want to understand the operation of a black box. They just want to set the output radiation parameters through their computer and have a magic black box deliver the desired radiation. In addition, they expect this technology to be reliable and inexpensive. The most fitting laser platforms for this type of technology are semiconductor and fibre-optical, which do not require optical alignment of laser cavities and have been performing very well in a numerous applications. Here, we analyse the fibre laser platform from the viewpoint of using it as a base for implementation of a “dream pulsed laser” and discuss limitations and prospects of such implementation.

AB - It is an obvious trend that more and more technology devices are approaching the stage of computer-controlled black box, and lasers cannot escape this either. Generally, users do not want to understand the operation of a black box. They just want to set the output radiation parameters through their computer and have a magic black box deliver the desired radiation. In addition, they expect this technology to be reliable and inexpensive. The most fitting laser platforms for this type of technology are semiconductor and fibre-optical, which do not require optical alignment of laser cavities and have been performing very well in a numerous applications. Here, we analyse the fibre laser platform from the viewpoint of using it as a base for implementation of a “dream pulsed laser” and discuss limitations and prospects of such implementation.

KW - Fiber optics

KW - Laser physics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110589094&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107253

DO - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107253

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85110589094

VL - 142

JO - Optics and Laser Technology

JF - Optics and Laser Technology

SN - 0030-3992

M1 - 107253

ER -