Intelligent soliton molecules control in an ultrafast thulium fiber laser

Yi Zhou; Kangwen Yang; Kevin K. Tsia; Heping Zeng; Kenneth K. Y. Wong

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.1.016012

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 016012(2025)

Intelligent soliton molecules control in an ultrafast thulium fiber laser On the Cover

Yi Zhou^1、*, Kangwen Yang^1,2,3, Kevin K. Tsia^1,2, Heping Zeng⁴, and Kenneth K. Y. Wong^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹The University of Hong Kong, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong, China

²Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

³University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Optical Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, and Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Shanghai, China

⁴East China Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 9, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 2, 2025

Published Online: Feb. 13, 2025

The Author Email: Zhou Yi (zhouyi08@hku.hk), Wong Kenneth K. Y. (kywong@eee.hku.hk)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.1.016012

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.1.016012

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