Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 1, 010601(2022)

Harmonic mode-locked fiber laser based on microfiber-assisted nonlinear multimode interference

Renyan Wang, Liang Jin*, Jiazhu Wang, Shangzhi Xie, Xiaohui Li, Yingtian Xu, He Zhang, Xin Zhao, and Xiaohui Ma
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  • National Key Laboratory of High-power Semiconductor Lasers, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 9, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 2, 2021

    Posted: Aug. 3, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Liang Jin (jinliang@cust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.010601

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