T. Lim, S. Xu, L. Hooper, M. Davey, U. Talukder M. Y. Sander<\/b> “Thermal wavelength tunable all-polarization-maintaining thulium-doped NALM fiber laser<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 34 (2), 2834-2847 (2026).<\/p>\n T. Lim, S. Xu, L. Hooper, M. Davey, M. Y. Sander<\/b> “Sub-200 fs Polarization-Maintaining All-Fiber Thulium-Doped Dissipative Soliton Fiber Laser System at 1920 nm<\/a>,\u201d Photonics 12 (4), 361 (2025).<\/p>\n T. Lim, R. Gattass, D. Rhonehouse, G. Chin, L. Busse, L. B. Shaw, and M. Y. Sander<\/b> “Characterization of the dispersion uniformity and nonlinear pulse propagation of photonic crystal fibers <\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 33 (5), 12090-12100 (2025).<\/p>\n S. Xu, A. Viry, M. Y. Sander<\/b> “Dissimilar soliton molecule formed by dissipative pulses in a single-mode mode-locked fiber laser<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express (2024). <\/p>\n S. Xu, T. Lim, T. Ahmet, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “High energy, frequency-doubled thulium-doped fiber chirped-pulse amplification system at 950 nm<\/a>,\u201d Optica 11 (4), 519-522 (2024).<\/p>\n S. Xu, J. Zeng, M.Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cReal-time evolution dynamics during transitions between different dissipative soliton states in a single fiber laser<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 31 (16), 25850 \u2013 25864 (2023).<\/p>\n S. Xu, A. Turnali, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cGroup-velocity-locked vector solitons and dissipative solitons in a single fiber laser with net-anomalous dispersion<\/a>,\u201d Scientific Reports 12, 6841 (2022).<\/p>\n A. Turnali, S. Xu, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cNoise-like pulse generation and amplification from soliton pulses<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 30 (9), 13977-13984 (2022).<\/p>\n J. Zeng, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cReal-time observation of chaotic and periodic explosions in a mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 30 (5), 7894-7906 (2022).<\/p>\n J. Zeng, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cReal-Time Transition Dynamics between Multi-Pulsing States in a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser<\/a>,\u201d Optics Letters 45 (1), 5-8 (2020).<\/p>\n A. Klein, I. Sibony, S. Meir, H. Duadi, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, and Moti Fridman, \u201cTemporal imaging with a high filling factor<\/a>,\u201d APL Photonics 5, 090801 (2020).<\/p>\n D.Heckscher, J. Zeng, P. Samolis, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, S. E. Wason, D. S. Wang, \u201cThe Effect of Holmium Laser Fiber Bending Radius on Power Delivery During Flexible Ureteroscopy<\/a>,\u201d J Endourol. 34(6), 682-686 (2020).<\/p>\n J. Zeng, A. Akosman, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cSupercontinuum Generation from a Tm Ultrafast Fiber Laser in a High NA Silica Fiber<\/a>,\u201d IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31 (22), 1787-1790 (2019).<\/p>\n J. Zeng, A. Akosman, and M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Scaling the repetition rate of thulium-doped ultrafast soliton fiber lasers to the GHz regime<\/a>,” Optics Express 26, 24687-24694 (2018).<\/p>\n A. Akosman, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Route towards extreme optical pulsation in linear cavity ultrafast fibre lasers<\/a>,” Scientific Reports 8, 13385 (2018).<\/p>\n A. E. Akosman, J. Zeng, P. Samolis, and M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cPolarization Rotation Dynamics in Harmonically Mode-locked Vector Soliton Fiber Lasers<\/a>,” Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 24 (3), 1-7 (2018).<\/p>\n A. Akosman, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Dual comb generation from a mode-locked fiber laser with orthogonally polarized interlaced pulses<\/a>,” Optics Express 25, 18592-18602 (2017).<\/p>\n A. Totachawattana, M.K. Hong, S. Erramilli, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Multiple bifurcations with signal enhancement in nonlinear mid-infrared thermal lens spectroscopy<\/a>,” Analyst, 142, 1882 – 1890 (2017), featured on cover.<\/p>\n A. Akosman, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Low Noise, Mode-Locked 253-MHz Tm\/Ho Fiber Laser with Core Pumping at 790 nm<\/a>,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (2016).<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, C. Lazzarini, R. Durgun, B. Barile, G. Conte, T. Posati, M. Caprini, G. P. Nicchia, V. Benfenati M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Label-Free Molecular Characterization of Protein Aggregates in Differentiated Astrocytes<\/a>,” Advanced Science(2025).<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Increasing contrast in water-embedded particles via time-gated mid-infrared photothermal microscopy<\/a>,” Optics Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 6, pp. 1457-1460 (2024).<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, M. K. Hong, R. Rajagopal, M. Y. Sander*<\/b>, S. Erramilli*, and O. Narayan*, “Heat Transport in Photothermal Microscopy: Newton vs Fourier<\/a>,” J. Physical Chemistry C, 128, 2, 961\u2013967 (2024). *corresponding authors<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, X. Zhu, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Time-Resolved Mid-Infrared Photothermal Microscopy for Imaging Water-Embedded Axon Bundles<\/a>,” Analytical Chemistry 95, (45) 16514\u201316521 (2023). Highlighted on Front Cover<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, M. K. Hong, S. Erramilli, O. Narayan M. Alaghemandi, L. Salehi, P. Samolis, B. T. Trachtenberg, A. Turnali, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, S. Sharifzadeh, \u201cAtomic understanding of structural deformations upon ablation of graphene <\/a>,\u201d Nano Select 1 (2021).<\/p>\n P. D. Samolis, D. Langley, B. M. O\u2019Reilly, Z. Oo, G. Hilzenrat, S. Erramilli, A. E. Sgro, S. McArthur, and M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Label-free imaging of fibroblast membrane interfaces and protein signatures with vibrational infrared photothermal and phase signals<\/a>,\u201d Biomedical Optics Express 12, 303-319 (2021).<\/p>\n A. Vasquez, P. Samolis, J. Zeng, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cMicro-Structuring, Ablation and Defect Generation in Graphene with Femtosecond Pulses<\/a>,\u201d OSA Continuum 2 (10), 2925-2934 (2019); selected for Editor’s Pick.<\/p>\n P. Samolis and M. Y. Sander<\/b>, “Phase-sensitive lock-in detection for high-contrast mid-infrared photothermal imaging with sub-diffraction limited resolution<\/a>,” Optics Express 27 (3), 2643-2655 (2019).<\/p>\n A. Totachawattana, H. Liu, A. Mertiri, M.K. Hong, S. Erramilli, M. Y. Sander<\/b>,\u00a0“Vibrational mid-infrared photothermal spectroscopy using a fiber laser probe: asymptotic limit in signal-to-baseline contrast <\/a>,” Optics Letters 41, 179-182 (2016).<\/p>\n M. Y. Sander<\/b>, X. Zhu, \u201cInfrared neuronal modulation \u2013 a review<\/a>,\u201d invited review article for Reports on Progress in Physics, 87 (6), 066701 (2024).<\/p>\n X. Zhu, J.-W. Lin, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cBidirectional modulation of evoked synaptic transmission by pulsed infrared light<\/a>,\u201d Scientific Reports 12, 14196 (2022).<\/p>\n X. Zhu, J.-W. Lin, A. Turnali, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cSingle infrared light pulses induce excitatory and inhibitory neuromodulation<\/a>,\u201d Biomedical Optics Express, 13(1), 374-388 (2022).<\/p>\n X. Zhu, J.-W. Lin, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cInfrared inhibition impacts on locally initiated and propagating action potentials and the downstream synaptic transmission<\/a>,\u201d Neurophotonics, 7(4), 045003 (2020).<\/p>\n X. Zhu, J.-W. Lin, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, \u201cInfrared Inhibition of Action Potentials in Crayfish Neuromuscular Junction<\/a>,\u201d Biomedical Optics Express 10 (12), 6580-6594 (2019).<\/p>\n M. Y. Sander, <\/b>S. Frolov, H. Hao, J. Shmulovich, E. P. Ippen, and F. X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201c10 GHz Femtosecond Pulse Interleaver in Planar Waveguide Technology<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 20, 4102- 4113 (2012).<\/p>\n A. Khilo, S. J. Spector, M. E. Grein, A. H. Nejadmalayeri,\u00a0 C. W. Holzwarth, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, M. S. Dahlem, M. Y. Peng, M. W. Geis, N. A. DiLello, J. U. Yoon, A. Motamedi, J. S. Orcutt, J. P. Wang, C. M. Sorace, M. A. Popovi\u0107, J. Sun, G. R. Zhou, H. Byun, J. Chen, J. L. Hoyt, H. I. Smith, R. J. Ram, M. Perrott, T. M. Lyszczarz E. P. Ippen, and F. X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201cPhotonic ADC: Overcoming the Bottleneck of Electronic Jitter<\/a>,\u201d Optics Express 20, 4454-4469 (2012).<\/p>\n H. Byun, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, A. Motamedi, H. Shen, G. S. Petrich, L. A. Kolodziejski, E. P. Ippen, and F. X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201cCompact, Stable 1 GHz Er-Doped Fiber Lasers<\/a>,\u201d Applied Optics 49, 5577-5582 (2010).<\/p>\n M. Y. Sander<\/b>, E. P. Ippen, and F. X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201cCarrier-Envelope Phase Dynamics of Octave-Spanning Dispersion-Managed Ti:Sapphire Lasers<\/a>, \u201d Optics Express 18, 4948-4960 (2010).<\/p>\n L.-J. Chen, M. Y. Sander<\/b>, and Franz X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201cKerr-Lens Mode Locking with Minimum Nonlinearity Using Gain-Matched Output Couplers<\/a>,\u201d Optics Letters 35, 2916-2918 (2010).<\/p>\n M. Y. Sander<\/b>, J. R. Birge, A. Benedick, H. M. Crespo, and F. X. K\u00e4rtner, \u201cDynamics of Dispersion Managed Octave-Spanning Titanium:Sapphire Lasers<\/a>,\u201d Journal of the Optical Society of America B 26, 743-749 (2009), invited for the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Optics.<\/p>\nMid-IR Photothermal Imaging and Materials Interactions<\/h3>\n
\n“Thermal transport across membranes and the Kapitza length from photothermal microscopy<\/a>,” Journal of Biological Physics 49, 365\u2013381 (2023).<\/p>\nInfrared Neuromodulation<\/h3>\n
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