• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 1, 61 (2019)
Tianyu Zhu1, Zhaokun Wang1、2, D. N. Wang1、*, Fan Yang1, and Liujiang Li1
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  • 1College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 2e-mail: 16a0402091@cjlu.edu.cn
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    Tianyu Zhu, Zhaokun Wang, D. N. Wang, Fan Yang, Liujiang Li. Observation of controllable tightly and loosely bound solitons with an all-fiber saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(1): 61 Copy Citation Text show less
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