Ultra-Low Power Self-Starting and Dispersion-Balanced Fiber Mode-Locked Laser

Yi Li; Wendong Qiu; Sida Xing; Xia Hou

doi:10.3788/LOP232637

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 17, 1714005(2024)

Ultra-Low Power Self-Starting and Dispersion-Balanced Fiber Mode-Locked Laser

Yi Li^1,2, Wendong Qiu^1,2, Sida Xing^2、*, and Xia Hou²

Author Affiliations

¹School of Microelectronics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 201800, China

²Aerospace Laser Technology and Systems Department, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Feb. 4, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 19, 2024

Published Online: Sep. 9, 2024

The Author Email: Sida Xing (xingsida@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP232637

CSTR:32186.14.LOP232637

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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laser manufacturing

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