• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 7, 070006 (2019)
Zhiwei Wei, Meng Liu, Hu Cui, Aiping Luo, Wencheng Xu, and Zhichao Luo*
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  • Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices & Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices and Applications, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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    Zhiwei Wei, Meng Liu, Hu Cui, Aiping Luo, Wencheng Xu, Zhichao Luo. Recent Progress of Soliton Transient Dynamics in Ultrafast Fiber Lasers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(7): 070006 Copy Citation Text show less
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