Generation and observation of multiple solitons from a mid-infrared ultrafast fiber laser

Mengyuan Li; Yufeng Song; Chunxiang Zhang; Zhenhong Wang; Jun Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.031405

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 3, 031405(2024)

Generation and observation of multiple solitons from a mid-infrared ultrafast fiber laser

Mengyuan Li¹, Yufeng Song¹, Chunxiang Zhang², Zhenhong Wang^1、**, and Jun Liu^1、*

¹Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ultraintense Laser and Advanced Material Technology, Center for Advanced Material Diagnostic Technology, College of Engineering Physics, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China

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