Self-synchronized multi-color <i>Q</i>-switched fiber laser using a parallel-integrated fiber Bragg grating

Chao Zeng; Guangwei Yang; Dong Li; Pengtao Luo; Ruohui Wang; Yueqing Du; Dong Mao; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.3788/COL202422.061402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 6, 061402(2024)

Self-synchronized multi-color Q-switched fiber laser using a parallel-integrated fiber Bragg grating

Chao Zeng^1,2, Guangwei Yang¹, Dong Li^1、*, Pengtao Luo³, Ruohui Wang^3、**, Yueqing Du¹, Dong Mao¹, and Jianlin Zhao¹

¹Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

²Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518063, China

³School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an 720127, China

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Chao Zeng, Guangwei Yang, Dong Li, Pengtao Luo, Ruohui Wang, Yueqing Du, Dong Mao, Jianlin Zhao, "Self-synchronized multi-color Q-switched fiber laser using a parallel-integrated fiber Bragg grating," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 061402 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Dec. 25, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 24, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 24, 2024

The Author Email: Dong Li (dongli@nwpu.edu.cn), Ruohui Wang (rwang@nwu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.061402

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.061402

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