Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 31, Issue 9, 900138(2011)
Ultrafast Mode-Locked Solid-State Lasers with Graphene Saturable Absorber
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He Jingliang, Hao Xiaopeng, Xu Jinlong, Li Xianlei, Yang Ying. Ultrafast Mode-Locked Solid-State Lasers with Graphene Saturable Absorber[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(9): 900138
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Received: Jul. 18, 2011
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Published Online: Aug. 29, 2011
The Author Email: Jingliang He (jlhe@sdu.edu.cn)