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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 2, 182 (2019)

Ultrabroadband wavelength-swept source based on total mode-locking of an Yb:CaF₂ laser

Maciej Kowalczyk^1、*, Tadeusz Martynkien², Paweł Mergo³, Grzegorz Soboń¹, and Jarosław Sotor¹

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¹Laser & Fiber Electronics Group, Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

²Department of Optics and Photonics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

³Laboratory of Optical Fiber Technology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, pl. M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 3, Lublin, Poland

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Maciej Kowalczyk, Tadeusz Martynkien, Paweł Mergo, Grzegorz Soboń, Jarosław Sotor. Ultrabroadband wavelength-swept source based on total mode-locking of an Yb:CaF₂ laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 182 Copy Citation Text

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Maciej Kowalczyk, Tadeusz Martynkien, Paweł Mergo, Grzegorz Soboń, Jarosław Sotor. Ultrabroadband wavelength-swept source based on total mode-locking of an Yb:CaF₂ laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 182

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