Soliton‑Based Few‑Cycle Femtosecond Laser Pulse

Junyan Chen; Hongwei Zang; Jincheng Cao; Yao Fu; Helong Li; Zhensheng Tao; Huailiang Xu

doi:10.3788/CJL240544

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 22, 2201006(2024)

Soliton‑Based Few‑Cycle Femtosecond Laser Pulse

Junyan Chen¹, Hongwei Zang^1,2、*, Jincheng Cao¹, Yao Fu¹, Helong Li³, Zhensheng Tao⁴, and Huailiang Xu^1、**

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¹College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin , China

²State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin , China

⁴State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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Paper Information

Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Jan. 29, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 8, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 14, 2024

The Author Email: Zang Hongwei (hongwei_zang@jlu.edu.cn), Xu Huailiang (huailiang@jlu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240544

CSTR:32183.14.CJL240544

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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