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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 5, 391(2017)

All-fiber acousto-optic modulator based on a cladding-etched optical fiber for active mode-locking

Jihwan Kim, Joonhoi Koo, and Ju Han Lee^*

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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, South Korea

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Category: Optical Devices

Received: May. 9, 2017

Accepted: Jul. 9, 2017

Published Online: Aug. 15, 2017

The Author Email: Ju Han Lee (j.h.lee@ieee.org)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000391

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology