Harmonic mode-locked fiber laser based on microfiber-assisted nonlinear multimode interference

Renyan Wang; Liang Jin; Jiazhu Wang; Shangzhi Xie; Xiaohui Li; Yingtian Xu; He Zhang; Xin Zhao; Xiaohui Ma

doi:10.3788/COL202220.010601

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