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Vol. 6, Issue 10, C29 (2018)

212-kHz-linewidth, transform-limited pulses from a single-frequency Q-switched fiber laser based on a few-layer Bi₂Se₃ saturable absorber

Weiwei Li, Jinhai Zou, Yizhong Huang, Kaijie Wang, Tuanjie Du, Shuisen Jiang, and Zhengqian Luo^*

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Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Weiwei Li, Jinhai Zou, Yizhong Huang, Kaijie Wang, Tuanjie Du, Shuisen Jiang, Zhengqian Luo. 212-kHz-linewidth, transform-limited pulses from a single-frequency Q-switched fiber laser based on a few-layer Bi₂Se₃ saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(10): C29 Copy Citation Text

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Weiwei Li, Jinhai Zou, Yizhong Huang, Kaijie Wang, Tuanjie Du, Shuisen Jiang, Zhengqian Luo. 212-kHz-linewidth, transform-limited pulses from a single-frequency Q-switched fiber laser based on a few-layer Bi₂Se₃ saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(10): C29

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