Current topics of interest include:
Development of low-cost, efficient and compact Cr:Colquirrite (Cr:LiCAF, Cr:LiSAF and Cr:LiSGAF) laser technology
Pumping by high brightness tapered diode lasers
Continuous-wave and femtesecond operation
Broadband tuning investigation in the 750-1050 nm spectral region
Pulse energy scaling via multi-pass cavities, cavity dumping, and regenerative amplifiers
GHz repetition rate operation
Development and investigation of AlGaAs/InGaAs based saturable absorbers for mode-locking of lasers
Development of low-cost femtosecond optical parametric oscillators based on Cr:Colquirrites
Development of Tm-fiber based lasers and amplifiers
Multiphoton microscopy
Cr:ZnSe and Fe:ZnSe gain media