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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 6, 598(2017)

Passively spatiotemporal gain-modulation-induced stable pulsing operation of a random fiber laser

Jiangming Xu1,2,3, Jun Ye1, Wei Liu1, Jian Wu1,2, Hanwei Zhang1,2, Jinyong Leng1,2, and Pu Zhou1,2、*
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  • 1College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3e-mail: jmxu1988@163.com
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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jul. 12, 2017

    Accepted: Aug. 28, 2017

    Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017

    The Author Email: Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000598

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