How a Laser on a Chip Is Changing the Game in Photonics

Researchers have created a compact mode-locked laser integrated into a nanophotonic platform, capable of generating high-power, ultrafast light pulses. This breakthrough in miniaturizing MLL technology could significantly expand the applications of photonics.

Innovations in Mode-Locked Laser Technology

Setting out to improve a technology that typically requires bulky, bench-top equipment, Quishi Guo and colleagues have shrunk a mode-locked laser (MLL) to the size of an optical chip with an…