Single-shot measurement of wavelength-resolved state of polarization dynamics in ultrafast lasers using dispersed division-of-amplitude

Qiang Wu; Lei Gao; Yulong Cao; Stefan Wabnitz; Zhenghu Chang; Ai Liu; Jingsheng Huang; Ligang Huang; Tao Zhu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.471291

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