Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 8, 455(2025)

Sb2Se3 as saturable absorber for Q-switching generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser

LÜ , Tianrun LIU, Yan XU, Chenghao CUI, and Xiaojuan LIU
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LÜ, LIU Tianrun, XU Yan, CUI Chenghao, LIU Xiaojuan. Sb2Se3 as saturable absorber for Q-switching generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2025, 21(8): 455

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Received: Oct. 31, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 24, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 24, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-025-4263-x

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