Fibre lasers
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Solid-state lasers in which the gain medium is an active optical fibre - usually doped with rare earth elements (e.g. erbium, neodymium, ytterbium, thulium, etc.) - are named fibre lasers. With respect to other type of lasers, such lasers have the advantage to be able to output higher power, to have higher temperature and vibrational stability, and to present longer lifetimes; they also have the benefit of being more compact than other lasers (e.g. gas lasers) of comparable power. Such characteristics, coupled with their reduced cost, make them paramount in industrial and biomedical applications as well as for communications, and have driven the attention of the scientific community.
This Collection gathers original research in the topic of fibre lasers, spanning from the manufacturing and characterisation of a fibre laser system to its exploitation in exciting applications in engineering, biomedical, and natural science.
Editors
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Shuqing Chen, PhD
Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, China
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Bülend Ortaç, PhD
Bilkent University, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center, Turkey
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Giuseppe Quero, PhD
Bioscience and Territory Department, University of Molise, Italy
Shuqing Chen, PhD, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, 
Shenzhen University, China
Shuqing Chen is an Associate Professor at Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, China. Professor Chen’s research activities are related to fibre lasers, high-speed optical communication and optical computing, intelligent information processing, and optical microscale devices. Dr Chen has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2018.
Bülend Ortaç, PhD, Bilkent University, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, 
National Nanotechnology Research Center, Turkey
Bülend Ortaç is an Assistant Professor at Bilkent University, UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, National Nanotechnology Research Center, Ankara, Turkey. His research studies covered nonlinear optics, ultrafast laser physics, fiber optic concepts, CW and pulsed laser, amplification systems, combining of laser systems, laser interactions and applications, and nanomaterials generation. Dr Ortaç has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
Giuseppe Quero, PhD, Bioscience and Territory Department, 
University of Molise, Italy
Giuseppe Quero is a Researcher at University of Molise, Italy. His research activities are focused on the optical fiber sensors field for chemical and biological applications with particular interest in design, characterization and validation of optical fiber probes for liquid and tissue biopsy. Professor Quero has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.
