Intense, wideband optical waveform generation by self-balanced amplification of fiber electro-optical sideband modulation

Yuzhuo Wang; Yizun He; Lingjing Ji; Jiangyong Hu; Xing Huang; Yudi Ma; Liyang Qiu; Kaifeng Zhao; Saijun Wu

doi:10.3788/COL202220.111401

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