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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2401(2024)

Dual-comb source with a reconfigurable repetition frequency difference using intracavity Brillouin lasers

Yang Shi1...2, Yue-De Yang1,2,*, Ting Wang1,2, Hang-Dong Wei1,2, Jin-Long Xiao1,2, You-Ling Chen1,2, and Yong-Zhen Huang12 |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: May. 14, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 31, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 8, 2024

The Author Email: Yue-De Yang (yyd@semi.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.530171

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.530171

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