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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2192(2025)

Synchronous dynamics of passively synchronized Yb-doped fiber lasers

Fan Wu^1、†, Zexin Zhang^1、†, Jinrong Tian^1,2、*, Pengxiang Zhang¹, Lin Mao¹, Yuze Zhan¹, Yaxuan Li¹, and Yanrong Song^1,3、*

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¹School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

²e-mail: jrtian@bjut.edu.cn

³e-mail: yrsong@bjut.edu.cn

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Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Mar. 14, 2025

Accepted: May. 9, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

The Author Email: Jinrong Tian (jrtian@bjut.edu.cn), Yanrong Song (yrsong@bjut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.562023

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.562023

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