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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 4, 046005(2024)

Self-mode-locking optoelectronic oscillator with ultrashort time delay

Hao Chen^1,2、†, Shifeng Liu², Tongtong Xie³, Qingshui Guo⁴, Qiuyi Shen¹, Chen Zhu⁴, Daru Chen¹, Hongyan Fu^3、*, and Shilong Pan^2、*

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¹Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, China

²Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ministry of Education, National Key Laboratory of Microwave Photonics, Nanjing, China

³Xiamen University, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen, China

⁴Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 19, 2024

Accepted: May. 23, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 17, 2024

The Author Email: Hongyan Fu (fuhongyan@xmu.edu.cn), Shilong Pan (pans@nuaa.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.4.046005

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.4.046005

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