The development of cheaper, more powerful lasers has always been a cause for excitement among hackers, and fiber lasers are ...

An accessible 3D printer for metals has been the holy grail of amateur printer builders since at least the beginning of the RepRap project, but as tends to be the case with holy grails, it’s proven ...

Abstract: Since their first conception in the 60’ s, mode-locked lasers (MLL) [1] have proved their efficiency to provide broad and coherent combs. Based on passive mode-locking strategies [2], ...

Abstract: This article reports on the results of an experimental study aimed at using fiber Bragg gratings inscribed following the point-by-point method with femtosecond laser radiation (FS-FBGs) as ...