Quantum mechanics

Materials science

Optical fiber

Computer science

Laser

Physics

Nonlinear system

Multi-mode optical fiber

Optics

Nonlinear optics

Composite material

Fiber

Optoelectronics

Ultrashort pulse

APL Photonics

We provide a perspective overview of the emerging field of nonlinear optics in multimode optical fibers. These fibers enable new methods for the ultrafast light-activated control of temporal, spatial, and spectral degrees of freedom of intense, pulsed beams of light, for a range of different technological applications.

Multimode nonlinear fiber optics, a spatiotemporal avenue