• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 6, 061401 (2023)
Aoran Feng1, Bowen Liu1、2、*, Dongyu Yan3、**, Genyu Bi1、2, Youjian Song1, and Minglie Hu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute, Tianjin University, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 3Optoelectronic Detection and Processing Laboratory, School of Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin 300222, China
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    Aoran Feng, Bowen Liu, Dongyu Yan, Genyu Bi, Youjian Song, Minglie Hu. Sideband-free dispersion-managed Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser with Gires–Tournois interferometer mirrors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(6): 061401 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Aoran Feng, Bowen Liu, Dongyu Yan, Genyu Bi, Youjian Song, Minglie Hu. Sideband-free dispersion-managed Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser with Gires–Tournois interferometer mirrors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(6): 061401
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