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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 800(2018)

Generation of 84-fs pulses from a mode-locked Tm:CNNGG disordered garnet crystal laser

Zhongben Pan1,2、†,*, Yicheng Wang1、†, Yongguang Zhao1,3, Hualei Yuan2, Xiaojun Dai2, Huaqiang Cai2, Ji Eun Bae4, Sun Young Choi4, Fabian Rotermund4, Xavier Mateos5, Josep Maria Serres5, Pavel Loiko6, Uwe Griebner1, and Valentin Petrov1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Str. 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 2Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 3Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 4Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 34141 Daejeon, South Korea
  • 5Física i Cristal·lografia de Materials i Nanomaterials (FiCMA-FiCNA)-EMaS, Departament de Química Física i Inòrganica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Campus Sescelades, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain
  • 6ITMO University, 49 Kronverkskiy Pr., 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia
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    Zhongben Pan, Yicheng Wang, Yongguang Zhao, Hualei Yuan, Xiaojun Dai, Huaqiang Cai, Ji Eun Bae, Sun Young Choi, Fabian Rotermund, Xavier Mateos, Josep Maria Serres, Pavel Loiko, Uwe Griebner, Valentin Petrov, "Generation of 84-fs pulses from a mode-locked Tm:CNNGG disordered garnet crystal laser," Photonics Res. 6, 800 (2018)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Apr. 6, 2018

    Accepted: Jun. 8, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Zhongben Pan (pzb8625@126.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000800

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