DOI: 10.1364/oe.530761 ISSN: 1094-4087
Advanced Solid-State Lasers: feature issue introduction
Mark S. Bowers, Patrice Camy, Mark Dubinskii, Yushi Kaneda, Patricia SegondsThis joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 23 peer-reviewed articles primarily by authors who participated in the Advanced Solid State Lasers conference, which was part of the Optica Laser Congress held in Tacoma, Washington, USA on October 8-12, 2023. This review provides a brief summary of these articles covering the latest developments in laser gain materials and nonlinear crystals, mode-locked lasers, fiber lasers and amplifiers, nonlinear optical sources, and novel concepts in laser design.