Toward a self-driving ultrafast fiber laser
Fanchao Meng, John M. Dudley
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Ultrashort pulseFemtosecondFiber laserLaserOpticsMaterials scienceMode-lockingComputer scienceOptoelectronicsPhysicsAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics