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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 11, 1209(2019)

Direct generation of an ultrafast vortex beam in a CVD-graphene-based passively mode-locked Pr:LiYF4 visible laser

Nan Li1, Junjie Huang3, Bin Xu1,2、*, Yaqi Cai1, Jie Lu3, Linjie Zhan3, Zhengqian Luo1, Huiying Xu1, Zhiping Cai1, and Weiwei Cai3
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  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 2Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • 3Department of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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    Nan Li, Junjie Huang, Bin Xu, Yaqi Cai, Jie Lu, Linjie Zhan, Zhengqian Luo, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Weiwei Cai, "Direct generation of an ultrafast vortex beam in a CVD-graphene-based passively mode-locked Pr:LiYF4 visible laser," Photonics Res. 7, 1209 (2019)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 19, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2019

    Published Online: Oct. 8, 2019

    The Author Email: Bin Xu (xubin@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001209

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