2.8 μm Mid-Infrared Synchronously Pumped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Haoze Fan; Jinhui Liang; Shukai Zheng; Yu Jiang; Hanbo Chen; Pengsheng Shen; Dianjia Li; Linpeng Yu; Xing Luo; Jinzhang Wang; Peiguang Yan; Chenlin Du; Chunyu Guo; Qitao Lü; Shuangchen Ruan

doi:10.3788/CJL202249.0101020

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