Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 1, 0114005(2021)

Time-Varying Dynamics of Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers

Heping Zeng1,2,3、** and Junsong Peng1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2Chongqing Institute, East China Normal University, Chongqing 401120, China
  • 3Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, Shandong 250101, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Sep. 30, 2020

    Accepted: Nov. 12, 2020

    Published Online: Feb. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Zeng Heping (hpzeng@phy.ecnu.edu.cn), Peng Junsong (jspeng@lps.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.0114005

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