Generation of cascaded four-wave-mixing with graphene-coated microfiber

Y. Wu; B. C.; Q. Y.; X. L.; X. Y.; Y. J.; Y. Gong; W. L.; Z. G.; Y. F.; K. S.

doi:10.1364/prj.3.000a64

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