Self-synchronized temporal-spectral characterization system for revealing ultrafast fiber laser dynamics

Yulong Cao; Zhenghu Chang; Qiang Wu; Jingsheng Huang; Laiyang Dang; Ai Liu; Yiyang Luo; Ligang Huang; Wei Huang; Lei Gao; Tao Zhu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.478095

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 173(2023)

Self-synchronized temporal-spectral characterization system for revealing ultrafast fiber laser dynamics

Yulong Cao^1,2, Zhenghu Chang¹, Qiang Wu¹, Jingsheng Huang¹, Laiyang Dang¹, Ai Liu¹, Yiyang Luo¹, Ligang Huang¹, Wei Huang¹, Lei Gao^1,3、*, and Tao Zhu^1,4、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems (Ministry of Education), Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

²Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

³e-mail: gaolei@cqu.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: zhutao@cqu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Oct. 13, 2022

Accepted: Nov. 23, 2022

Published Online: Feb. 8, 2023

The Author Email: Lei Gao (gaolei@cqu.edu.cn), Tao Zhu (zhutao@cqu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.478095

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

Laser physics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology