This paper reviews the latest developments of diode-pumped Ti:Er:LiNbO3 wav
eguide lasers emitting at wavelengths around 1.5 mu m In particular, harmon
ically mode-locked lasers, Q-switched lasers, distributed Bragg reflector (
DBR)-lasers, and self-frequency doubling lasers are discussed in detail, Su
permode stabilized mode-locked lasers have been realized using a coupled ca
vity concept; a side mode suppression ratio of 55 dB has been achieved at 1
0-GHz pulse repetition rate with almost transform limited pulses. Q-switche
d lasers with a high extinction ratio (>25 dB) intracavity electrooptic swi
tch emitted pulses with a peak power level up to 2.5 kW and a pulsewidth do
wn to 2.1 ns at 1-kHz repetition frequency, Numerical simulations for both
lasers are in a good, almost quantitative agreement with experimental resul
ts, A DBR-laser of narrow linewidth (approximate to 3 GHz) with a permanent
(fixed) photorefractive grating and 5 mW output power has been realized, S
elf frequency doubling lasers have been fabricated with a periodic microdom
ain structure inside an Er-doped laser cavity; simultaneous emission at the
fundamental wavelength, 1531 nm, and at the second harmonic wavelength, 76
5 nm, has been obtained.