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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 5, 368(2018)

All-in-fiber amplification and compression of coherent frequency-shifted solitons tunable in the 1800–2000  nm range

Grzegorz Soboń1、*, Tadeusz Martynkien2, Dorota Tomaszewska1, Karol Tarnowski2, Paweł Mergo3, and Jarosław Sotor1
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  • 1Laser & Fiber Electronics Group, Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
  • 2Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
  • 3Laboratory of Optical Fiber Technology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 3, Lublin, Poland
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    Grzegorz Soboń, Tadeusz Martynkien, Dorota Tomaszewska, Karol Tarnowski, Paweł Mergo, Jarosław Sotor, "All-in-fiber amplification and compression of coherent frequency-shifted solitons tunable in the 1800–2000  nm range," Photonics Res. 6, 368 (2018)

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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Jan. 17, 2018

    Accepted: Feb. 19, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 6, 2018

    The Author Email: Grzegorz Soboń (grzegorz.sobon@pwr.edu.pl)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000368

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
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    Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology