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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 8, 853(2019)

Generation of wavelength-tunable and coherent dual-wavelength solitons in the C + L band by controlling the intracavity loss

Tianyu Zhu¹, Zhaokun Wang^1,2、*, D. N. Wang^1,3、*, Fan Yang¹, and Liujiang Li¹

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¹College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

²e-mail: 16a0402091@cjlu.edu.cn

³e-mail: dnwang@cjlu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Mar. 26, 2019

Accepted: Jun. 9, 2019

Published Online: Jul. 17, 2019

The Author Email: Zhaokun Wang (16a0402091@cjlu.edu.cn), D. N. Wang (dnwang@cjlu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000853

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