Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 21, 2101004(2022)

Wavelength-Tunable Kerr Mode-Locked External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

Yingying Zeng1, Xiaohong Shen1, Lin Mao1, Tao Wang1, Renjiang Zhu1、*, Haijun Luo1, Cunzhu Tong2, Lijie Wang2, Yanrong Song3, and Peng Zhang4、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
  • 2Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
  • 3College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 4National Center for Applied Mathematics, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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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

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    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.2101004

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