Wavelength-Tunable Kerr Mode-Locked External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser

Yingying Zeng; Xiaohong Shen; Lin Mao; Tao Wang; Renjiang Zhu; Haijun Luo; Cunzhu Tong; Lijie Wang; Yanrong Song; Peng Zhang

doi:10.3788/CJL202249.2101004

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