Nonlinearity-tailored fiber laser technology for low-noise, ultra-wideband tunable femtosecond light generation

Xiaomin Liu; Jesper Laegsgaard; Roman Iegorov; Ask S. Svane; F. Ömer Ilday; Haohua Tu; Stephen A. Boppart; Dmitry Turchinovich

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000750

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