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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 4, 431(2019)

Soliton and bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on a MoS2/fluorine mica Langmuir–Blodgett film saturable absorber

Ruidong Lü¹, Yonggang Wang^1、*, Jiang Wang¹, Wei Ren², Lu Li², Sicong Liu¹, Zhendong Chen¹, Yongfang Li¹, Hongying Wang³, and Fuxing Fu³

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¹School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China

²School of Science, Xi’an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710121, China

³Key Laboratory for Surface Engineering and Remanufacturing of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University, Xi’an 710065, China

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Ruidong Lü, Yonggang Wang, Jiang Wang, Wei Ren, Lu Li, Sicong Liu, Zhendong Chen, Yongfang Li, Hongying Wang, Fuxing Fu, "Soliton and bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on a MoS2/fluorine mica Langmuir–Blodgett film saturable absorber," Photonics Res. 7, 431 (2019)

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Sep. 4, 2018

Accepted: Dec. 7, 2018

Published Online: Apr. 11, 2019

The Author Email: Yonggang Wang (chinawygxjw@snnu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000431

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