Mode-switchable femtosecond vortex lasers

Xiaoqian Zhou; Xuehong Cao; Luyang Tong; Changdong Chen; Yangjian Cai; Lina Zhao

doi:10.3788/COL202422.121405

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 12, 121405(2024)

Mode-switchable femtosecond vortex lasers

Xiaoqian Zhou¹, Xuehong Cao¹, Luyang Tong¹, Changdong Chen², Yangjian Cai^1,3、**, and Lina Zhao^1,3、*

¹College of Physics and Electronics, Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulation and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

²College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211100, China

³Joint Research Center of Light Manipulation Science and Photonic Integrated Chip of East China Normal University and Shandong Normal University, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: May. 23, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 1, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 26, 2024

The Author Email: Yangjian Cai (yangjiancai@sdnu.edu.cn), Lina Zhao (lnzhao@sdnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.121405

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.121405

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