Decaying evolution dynamics of double-pulse mode-locking

Guomei Wang; Guangwei Chen; Wenlei Li; Chao Zeng; Huiran Yang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000825

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 825(2018)

Decaying evolution dynamics of double-pulse mode-locking

Guomei Wang^1,2、*, Guangwei Chen^1,2, Wenlei Li^1,2, Chao Zeng^1,2, and Huiran Yang¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China

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Paper Information

Category: Ultrafast Optics

Received: Apr. 24, 2018

Accepted: Jun. 18, 2018

Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

The Author Email: Guomei Wang (wangguomei@opt.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000825

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