Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 3, 031402(2023)

Polarization domains and self-mode-locked pulses in an erbium-doped fiber laser

Peiyun Cheng1, Mengmeng Han1, Yueqing Du2, and Xuewen Shu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 3, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 20, 2022

    Posted: Sep. 21, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 9, 2022

    The Author Email: Xuewen Shu (xshu@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.031402

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