Wavelength-tunable dissipative soliton from Yb-doped fiber laser with nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

Yangyang Li; Man Jiang; Lei Hou; Jianing Tao; Pengye Song; Baole Lu; Jintao Bai

doi:10.3788/COL202321.061402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 061402(2023)

Wavelength-tunable dissipative soliton from Yb-doped fiber laser with nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

Yangyang Li, Man Jiang^*, Lei Hou^**, Jianing Tao, Pengye Song, Baole Lu, and Jintao Bai

State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

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