Polarization-multiplexed, dual-comb all-fiber mode-locked laser

Xin Zhao; Ting Li; Ya Liu; Qian Li; Zheng Zheng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000853

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 9, 853(2018)

Polarization-multiplexed, dual-comb all-fiber mode-locked laser

Xin Zhao¹, Ting Li¹, Ya Liu^1,2, Qian Li¹, and Zheng Zheng^1,3,4、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China

²Yunnan Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Information Technology, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China

³Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China

⁴Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology, Wuhan 430079, China

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