Experimental Study on All-Polarization-Maintaining Passive Synchronization for Dual-Color Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers

Yunfeng Jiang; Jiamei Wu; Qiang Hao; Kun Huang; Heping Zeng

doi:10.3788/AOS202040.0936001

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