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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 11, 1033(2018)

All-fiber passively mode-locked laser using nonlinear multimode interference of step-index multimode fiber

Tao Chen1、*, Qiaoli Zhang1, Yaping Zhang1, Xin Li1, Haikun Zhang1, and Wei Xia1,2
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  • 1School of Physics and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
  • 2e-mail: sps_xiaw@ujn.edu.cn
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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jul. 31, 2018

    Accepted: Sep. 11, 2018

    Published Online: Nov. 11, 2018

    The Author Email: Tao Chen (taochen426@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.001033

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