Pattern formation in 2-μm Tm Mamyshev oscillators associated with the dissipative Faraday instability

Pan Wang; Shunyu Yao; Philippe Grelu; Xiaosheng Xiao; Changxi Yang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001287

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 11, 1287(2019)

Pattern formation in 2-μm Tm Mamyshev oscillators associated with the dissipative Faraday instability

Pan Wang¹, Shunyu Yao¹, Philippe Grelu², Xiaosheng Xiao¹, and Changxi Yang^1、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

²Laboratoire ICB UMR 6303 CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21078 Dijon Cedex, France

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jun. 6, 2019

Accepted: Sep. 11, 2019

Published Online: Oct. 28, 2019

The Author Email: Changxi Yang (cxyang@tsinghua.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001287

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