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    Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 6 >Issue 10 >Page C1 > Article
    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 6, Issue 10, C1 (2018)
    Graphene-decorated microfiber knot as a broadband resonator for ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse fiber lasers
    Meng Liu1、2, Rui Tang1, Ai-Ping Luo1、2, Wen-Cheng Xu1、2、3, and Zhi-Chao Luo1、2、*
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices & Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices and Applications, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microstructured Functional Fibers and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 3e-mail: xuwch@scnu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.0000C1 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Meng Liu, Rui Tang, Ai-Ping Luo, Wen-Cheng Xu, Zhi-Chao Luo. Graphene-decorated microfiber knot as a broadband resonator for ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse fiber lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(10): C1 Copy Citation Text show less
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