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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 5, 1130(2025)

Unveiling intracavity soliton evolution dynamics of a mode-locked fiber laser along the dispersion map

Jiarun Zhang1、†, Tianchang Lu1、†, Xiankun Yao2,6, Yusheng Zhang4, Dong Mao3, Chao Zeng3, Xiang Hao1, Longhua Tang1, Yudong Cui1,5、*, Cuifang Kuang1,5, and Xu Liu1,5
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Physical Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
  • 4Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou 311231, China
  • 5ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311200, China
  • 6e-mail: yaoxk@nwu.edu.cn
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    Jiarun Zhang, Tianchang Lu, Xiankun Yao, Yusheng Zhang, Dong Mao, Chao Zeng, Xiang Hao, Longhua Tang, Yudong Cui, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu, "Unveiling intracavity soliton evolution dynamics of a mode-locked fiber laser along the dispersion map," Photonics Res. 13, 1130 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 12, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 5, 2025

    Published Online: Apr. 14, 2025

    The Author Email: Yudong Cui (cuiyd@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.547598

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.547598

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