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Vol. 11, Issue 5, 808 (2023)

Widely tunable continuous-wave visible and mid-infrared light generation based on a dual-wavelength switchable and tunable random Raman fiber laser | Editors' Pick

Han Wu^1、†, Weizhe Wang^1、†, Bo Hu¹, Yang Li¹, Kan Tian¹, Rui Ma², Chunxiao Li³, Jun Liu^2、4、*, Jiyong Yao^3、5、*, and Houkun Liang^1、6、*

Author Affiliations

¹College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China

²International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

³Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

⁴e-mail: liu-jun-1987@live.cn

⁵e-mail: jyao@mail.ipc.ac.cn

⁶e-mail: hkliang@scu.edu.cn

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Han Wu, Weizhe Wang, Bo Hu, Yang Li, Kan Tian, Rui Ma, Chunxiao Li, Jun Liu, Jiyong Yao, Houkun Liang. Widely tunable continuous-wave visible and mid-infrared light generation based on a dual-wavelength switchable and tunable random Raman fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(5): 808 Copy Citation Text

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Han Wu, Weizhe Wang, Bo Hu, Yang Li, Kan Tian, Rui Ma, Chunxiao Li, Jun Liu, Jiyong Yao, Houkun Liang. Widely tunable continuous-wave visible and mid-infrared light generation based on a dual-wavelength switchable and tunable random Raman fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(5): 808

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