Fast and wide-band tuning single-mode microlaser based on fiber Fabry–Pérot microcavities

Xin-Xia Gao; Jin-Ming Cui; Zhi-Hao Hu; Chun-Hua Dong; Jian Wang; Yun-Feng Huang; Chuan-Feng Li; Guang-Can Guo

doi:10.1364/PRJ.400710

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 10, 1642(2020)

Fast and wide-band tuning single-mode microlaser based on fiber Fabry–Pérot microcavities

Xin-Xia Gao^1,2, Jin-Ming Cui^1,2,3、*, Zhi-Hao Hu^1,2, Chun-Hua Dong^1,2, Jian Wang^1,2, Yun-Feng Huang^1,2, Chuan-Feng Li^1,2,4、*, and Guang-Can Guo^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

²CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

³e-mail: jmcui@ustc.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: cfli@ustc.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Jun. 22, 2020

Accepted: Aug. 11, 2020

Published Online: Sep. 30, 2020

The Author Email: Jin-Ming Cui (jmcui@ustc.edu.cn), Chuan-Feng Li (cfli@ustc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.400710

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