Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

Dear Colleagues,

Nothing has changed the world of communications as much as the development and implementation of optical fiber, made from either glass or plastic. With the advantages of electrical isolation, low power loss, and being as thin as a human hair but having a large bandwidth, fibers have attracted significant attention for use in hotspots of research such as light transmission, nonlinear optics, laser technology and applications like communication, sensing, power delivery, wearable devices and so on. Numerous types of special fiber including photonic crystal fiber, hollow core fiber and functional fiber have also been fabricated to address a particular requirement, showing their unlimited potential to promote the advancement of both technology and human life.

One of the most developed fields in this area is fiber laser. As a flexible optical waveguide, fibers are the perfect carrier for the laser system, eliminating rigorous alignment and bulky cavity. Guaranteed by the rare-earth-doped fiber and semiconductor pump laser, the wavelength of emitted laser from fiber lasers ranges from visible NIR to MIR; the power of a fiber laser can reach 100 kW, and the pulse width of a mode-locked fiber laser can be as narrow as tens of femtoseconds. Fiber laser has become the mainstay of both laser-processing industry and ultrafast science, as well as nonlinear optics.

This Special Issue will present original state-of-the-art research articles in the field of fiber optics and fiber lasers. Specifically, papers are solicited that study the emerging important technologies in fibers and fiber lasers. Researchers are invited to submit their contributions to this Special Issue. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• High-power fiber lasers;
• Active mode-control technology;
• Supercontinuum generation in fiber lasers;
• Mid-infrared fiber laser;
• Novel special fibers;
• Fiber sensing;
• Nonlinear optics in fibers;
• Fiber communication;
• Functional fiber and devices;
• Mode-locked fiber lasers;
• Ultrafast dynamics in fiber lasers.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Wenguang Liu
Dr. Jiangbin Zhang
Dr. Ran Xia
Guest Editors

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• fiber lasers
• high-power fiber lasers
• mid-infrared fiber laser
• novel special fibers
• nonlinear optics
• fiber sensing
• fiber communication
• mode-locked fiber lasers
• ultrafast dynamics