Generation of 12th order harmonic mode-locking in a Nd-doped single-mode all-fiber laser operating at 0.9 &#181;m

Bin Zhang; Ping Li; Zhaojun Liu; Ming Li; Jing Liu; Haoxu Zhao; Qiongyu Hu; Xiaohan Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202321.011405

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