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Photonics Research
Vol. 5, Issue 5, 391 (2017)

All-fiber acousto-optic modulator based on a cladding-etched optical fiber for active mode-locking

Jihwan Kim, Joonhoi Koo, and Ju Han Lee^*

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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul, 163 Seoulsiripdae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02504, South Korea

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