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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 6, 608 (2019)

Fiber laser with simultaneous multi-wavelength Er/Yb passively Q-switched and single-wavelength Tm gain-switched operations

J. Alaniz-Baylon¹, M. Durán-Sánchez^1、2、*, R. I. álvarez-Tamayo³, B. Posada-Ramírez¹, M. Bello-Jiménez⁴, B. Ibarra-Escamilla¹, A. A. Castillo-Guzman⁵, and E. A. Kuzin¹

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¹Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), L. E. Erro 1, Sta. Ma. Tonantzintla, Pue. 72824, Mexico

²CONACyT-Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, óptica y Electrónica, A. P. 51 y 216, Pue. 72000, Mexico

³CONACyT—Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, San Nicolás de los Garza, N. L. 66451, Mexico

⁴Instituto de Investigación en Comunicación óptica, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Karakorum 1470, S. L. P. 78210, Mexico

⁵Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, San Nicolás de los Garza, N. L. 66451, Mexico

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J. Alaniz-Baylon, M. Durán-Sánchez, R. I. álvarez-Tamayo, B. Posada-Ramírez, M. Bello-Jiménez, B. Ibarra-Escamilla, A. A. Castillo-Guzman, E. A. Kuzin. Fiber laser with simultaneous multi-wavelength Er/Yb passively Q-switched and single-wavelength Tm gain-switched operations[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 608 Copy Citation Text

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J. Alaniz-Baylon, M. Durán-Sánchez, R. I. álvarez-Tamayo, B. Posada-Ramírez, M. Bello-Jiménez, B. Ibarra-Escamilla, A. A. Castillo-Guzman, E. A. Kuzin. Fiber laser with simultaneous multi-wavelength Er/Yb passively Q-switched and single-wavelength Tm gain-switched operations[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 608

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