Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 21, 2101004(2022)
Wavelength-Tunable Kerr Mode-Locked External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
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Yingying Zeng, Xiaohong Shen, Lin Mao, Tao Wang, Renjiang Zhu, Haijun Luo, Cunzhu Tong, Lijie Wang, Yanrong Song, Peng Zhang. Wavelength-Tunable Kerr Mode-Locked External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(21): 2101004
Category: laser devices and laser physics
Received: Mar. 10, 2022
Accepted: Jul. 21, 2022
Published Online: Nov. 9, 2022
The Author Email: Zhu Renjiang (hhzrj@163.com), Zhang Peng (zhangpeng2010@cqnu.edu.cn)