Ultrafast temporal-spectral analysis probes isomeric dynamics in a dissipative soliton resonator

Haoguang Liu; Yiyang Luo; Yixiang Sun; Yusong Liu; Yao Yao; Ran Xia; Gang Xu; Xiahui Tang; Qizhen Sun; Perry Ping Shum

doi:10.1364/PRJ.527742

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2186(2024)

Ultrafast temporal-spectral analysis probes isomeric dynamics in a dissipative soliton resonator

Haoguang Liu1...2, Yiyang Luo2,*, Yixiang Sun1,2, Yusong Liu1,2, Yao Yao2, Ran Xia1, Gang Xu1, Xiahui Tang1, Qizhen Sun1,3,5, and Perry Ping Shum46 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems (Ministry of Education), Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

³Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

⁴Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

⁵e-mail: qzsun@mail.hust.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: shenp@sustech.edu.cn

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Haoguang Liu, Yiyang Luo, Yixiang Sun, Yusong Liu, Yao Yao, Ran Xia, Gang Xu, Xiahui Tang, Qizhen Sun, Perry Ping Shum, "Ultrafast temporal-spectral analysis probes isomeric dynamics in a dissipative soliton resonator," Photonics Res. 12, 2186 (2024)

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