Stretchable energy storage devices are prerequisites for the realization of autonomous elastomeric electronics. Microsupercapacitors (MSCs) are promising candidates for this purpose due to their high power and energy densities, potential for miniaturization, and feasibility of embedding in circuits; however, efforts to realize stretchable MSCs have mostly relied on strain-accommodating materials and have suffered from limited stretchability, low conductivity, or complicated patterning processes. Here, we designed and fabricated a stretchable MSC based on reduced-graphene-oxide/Au heterostructures patterned by facile and versatile direct laser patterning. An interconnected and stable 3D network composed of vertically oriented heterostructures was realized by high-repetition-rate femtosecond laser pulses. Upon transferring to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the 3D network achieved a high conductivity of ~10⁵ S m⁻¹, and the conductivity could be maintained at ~10⁴ S m⁻¹ even at 50% strain. A fully laser-patterned stretchable electronics system was integrated with embedded MSCs, which will find applications in soft robotics, wearable electronics, and the Internet of Things.

In the paper, a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser in the long-wavelength band (L-band) is presented by using a single-wall nanotube saturable absorber (SWNT-SA). The optical properties of the SWNT-SA are compared with those in the C-band in view of the absorbance spectrum and the power-dependent transmittance of the SWNT-SA film. The effects of the net cavity dispersion and the length of the erbium-doped fiber (EDF) on L-band stretched pulse generation are discussed. The designed stretched-pulse L-band laser has a net dispersion of 0.017-ps² and generates ultrashort (110 fs), broad-spectrum (41 nm) pulses with a signal-to-noise ratio over 70 dB.

In this paper, we introduce a graphene-based saturable absorber (GSA) with high damage threshold employing symmetrical evanescent wave interaction for highly stable mode-locking of ultrafast fiber lasers. To enhance the evanescent wave interaction between the graphene layer and the propagating light, graphene flakes are mixed with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and the graphene/PDMS composite is coated onto a chemically etched fiber. The GSA exhibits polarization insensitivity due to its symmetric cross-section, which enables stable operation against environmental disturbance such as stress, bending, and temperature variation. Finally, we demonstrate a fiber laser generating 216 fs pulses with an 80 dB signal-to-noise ratio.