Spectral manipulation in a high-power ultrafast fiber laser system generating ultrashort pulses with GHz repetition rate

Yingtao Zhang; Zihao Li; Tianxi Wang; Hao Xiu; Chiyi Wei; Luyi Wang; Molei Hao; Xiaoming Wei; Zhongmin Yang

doi:10.3788/COL202321.091401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 9, 091401(2023)

Spectral manipulation in a high-power ultrafast fiber laser system generating ultrashort pulses with GHz repetition rate

Yingtao Zhang¹, Zihao Li¹, Tianxi Wang¹, Hao Xiu¹, Chiyi Wei¹, Luyi Wang¹, Molei Hao¹, Xiaoming Wei^1、*, and Zhongmin Yang^1,2、**

Author Affiliations

¹School of Physics and Optoelectronics, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

²Research Institute of Future Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Apr. 24, 2023

Accepted: May. 31, 2023

Posted: May. 31, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 28, 2023

The Author Email: Xiaoming Wei (xmwei@scut.edu.cn), Zhongmin Yang (yangzm@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.091401

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