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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 61(2019)

Observation of controllable tightly and loosely bound solitons with an all-fiber saturable absorber

Tianyu Zhu1, Zhaokun Wang1,2, D. N. Wang1、*, Fan Yang1, and Liujiang Li1
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  • 1College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 2e-mail: 16a0402091@cjlu.edu.cn
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    [1] Tianyu Zhu, Zhaokun Wang, D. N. Wang, Fan Yang, Liujiang Li, "Generation of wavelength-tunable and coherent dual-wavelength solitons in the C + L band by controlling the intracavity loss," Photonics Res. 7, 853 (2019)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Oct. 11, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 19, 2018

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2019

    The Author Email: D. N. Wang (dnwang@cjlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000061

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