Generation of Stretched Pulse with Hundred-femtosecond Pulse Widths Based on Multimode-fiber Interference Effect

Mengru SUN; Haiying JI; Hao XIONG; Yao HONG; Wanzhuo MA; Tianshu WANG

doi:10.3788/gzxb20225102.0251212

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