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Advanced Photonics
Vol. 1, Issue 6, 065001 (2019)

Mode-locked 2.8-μm fluoride fiber laser: from soliton to breathing pulse

Zhipeng Qin^1、2、3, Guoqiang Xie^{1、2、3、*}, Hongan Gu^1、2、3, Ting Hai^1、2、3, Peng Yuan^1、2、3, Jingui Ma^1、2、3, and Liejia Qian^{1、2、3、*}

Author Affiliations

¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai, China

²Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, Shanghai, China

³Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China

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Zhipeng Qin, Guoqiang Xie, Hongan Gu, Ting Hai, Peng Yuan, Jingui Ma, Liejia Qian. Mode-locked 2.8-μm fluoride fiber laser: from soliton to breathing pulse[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2019, 1(6): 065001 Copy Citation Text

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Zhipeng Qin, Guoqiang Xie, Hongan Gu, Ting Hai, Peng Yuan, Jingui Ma, Liejia Qian. Mode-locked 2.8-μm fluoride fiber laser: from soliton to breathing pulse[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2019, 1(6): 065001

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