Solid State Lasers Materials, Technologies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Despite the fact that more than half a century has already passed since the first demonstration of laser action in ruby crystal, solid-state lasers are still a hot research topic. Their unique versatility has made them irreplaceable tools in an astonishing variety of application: From the detection apparatus for gravitational waves, to the trapping and cooling of atoms, from minimally invasive surgery, to the remote sensing of atmospheric contaminant, from the mass production of smartphone displays, to the cutting and processing of solar cells. The list of actual or potential applications is continuously being updated at a pace that is set by the rate of advancing research.

This virtuous cycle is only made possible by the favorable interplay between continuous research progress, enabling new exciting applications, and the emergence of new needs from industrial markets and fundamental research fields, fostering the study of new materials, the development of new technologies, and the fast maturation of the existent ones.

It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences, which is aimed at presenting recent advances in the field of Solid State Lasers. We will focus on new materials for generation/amplification of ultrashort laser pulses, for nonlinear frequency conversion, and on the recent advances in solid-state laser technologies and applications.

We invite the submission of original research articles. Review articles on a sub-topic of the Special Issue are also welcome, and should give a well-balanced overview of the field and include main results from other groups.

Dr. Federico Pirzio
Guest Editor

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