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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 884(2020)

Real-time dynamics of soliton triplets in fiber lasers

Yiyang Luo1,2、†,*, Ran Xia1,2,3、†, Perry Ping Shum1,2, Wenjun Ni1,2, Yusong Liu1,2,3, Huy Quoc Lam4, Qizhen Sun3, Xiahui Tang3, and Luming Zhao3
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  • 1CINTRA CNRS/NTU/THALES, UMI 3288, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
  • 2School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
  • 3School of Optical and Electronic Information & Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 4Temasek Laboratories @ NTU, Research Techno Plaza, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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    Yiyang Luo, Ran Xia, Perry Ping Shum, Wenjun Ni, Yusong Liu, Huy Quoc Lam, Qizhen Sun, Xiahui Tang, Luming Zhao, "Real-time dynamics of soliton triplets in fiber lasers," Photonics Res. 8, 884 (2020)

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jan. 10, 2020

    Accepted: Apr. 2, 2020

    Published Online: May. 13, 2020

    The Author Email: Yiyang Luo (luoyy@ntu.edu.sg)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.387438

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    Lasers and Laser Optics
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