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PhotoniX, Volume. 5, Issue 1, 26(2024)

Spectral period doubling and encoding of dissipative optical solitons via gain control

Kangwen Yang1...2,3,†, Yi Zhou2,3,†,*, Yuqing Ling1, Kevin K. Tsia2,3, Heping Zeng4,**, and Kenneth K. Y. Wong23,*** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, and Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education, School of Optical Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • 3Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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    Kangwen Yang, Yi Zhou, Yuqing Ling, Kevin K. Tsia, Heping Zeng, Kenneth K. Y. Wong. Spectral period doubling and encoding of dissipative optical solitons via gain control[J]. PhotoniX, 2024, 5(1): 26

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 15, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 28, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhou Yi (zhouyi08@hku.hk), Zeng Heping (hpzeng@phy.ecnu.edu.cn), Wong Kenneth K. Y. (kywong@eee.hku.hk)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-024-00141-8

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