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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 2, 350(2024)

Coherent link between a Ti:sapphire comb and a 1.5 μm laser via nonlinear interaction in photonic crystal fiber

Yuan Yao1, Haosen Shi1, Guang Yang1, Bo Li1, Congyu Wang1, Hongfu Yu1, Longsheng Ma1,2, and Yanyi Jiang1,2、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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    Yuan Yao, Haosen Shi, Guang Yang, Bo Li, Congyu Wang, Hongfu Yu, Longsheng Ma, Yanyi Jiang, "Coherent link between a Ti:sapphire comb and a 1.5 μm laser via nonlinear interaction in photonic crystal fiber," Photonics Res. 12, 350 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Sep. 4, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 22, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 2, 2024

    The Author Email: Yanyi Jiang (yyjiang@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.504539

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