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PhotoniX, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 11(2023)

350-2500 nm supercontinuum white laser enabled by synergic high-harmonic generation and self-phase modulation

Lihong Hong^1、†, Chenyang Hu^2、†, Yuanyuan Liu¹, Huijun He³, Liqiang Liu¹, Zhiyi Wei³, and Zhi-Yuan Li^1,4、*

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¹School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

²Guangdong Jingqi Laser Technology Corporation Limited, Songshanhu, Dongguan 523808, China

³Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

⁴State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Lihong Hong, Chenyang Hu, Yuanyuan Liu, Huijun He, Liqiang Liu, Zhiyi Wei, Zhi-Yuan Li. 350-2500 nm supercontinuum white laser enabled by synergic high-harmonic generation and self-phase modulation[J]. PhotoniX, 2023, 4(1): 11

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 22, 2022

Accepted: Feb. 28, 2023

Published Online: Jul. 10, 2023

The Author Email: Zhi-Yuan Li (phzyli@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1186/s43074-023-00088-2

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