Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 9, 091402(2021)

Stable noise-like pulse generation in all-PM mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser based on NOLM

Meng Wang1,2, Minqiu Liu1, Yewang Chen1, Deqin Ouyang1, Junqing Zhao1, Jihong Pei2, and Shuangchen Ruan1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Sino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
  • 2College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 24, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 4, 2021

    Posted: Mar. 4, 2021

    Published Online: Jun. 21, 2021

    The Author Email: Shuangchen Ruan (scruan@sztu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.091402

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