title: Fiber lasers and their applications [Invited].
abstract: Fiber lasers have seen progressive developments in terms of spectral coverage and linewidth, output power, pulse energy, and ultrashort pulse width since the first demonstration of a glass fiber laser in 1964. Their applications have extended into a variety of fields accordingly. In this paper, the milestones of glass fiber laser development are briefly reviewed and recent advances of high-power continuous wave, Q-switched, mode-locked, and single-frequency fiber lasers in the 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 μm regions and their applications in such areas as industry, medicine, research, defense, and security are addressed in detail.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xiushan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Norwood
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peyghambarian
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007834:Lasers