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Vol. 13, Issue 2, 417 (2025)

Modulation-free laser frequency locking using Fano resonance in a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode cavity

Yingjie Lu¹, Haotian Wang^1,*, Jun Guo^1,2, Yaohui Xu¹..., Yuanchen Hu¹, Wujun Li¹, Jianing Zhang¹, Jie Ma¹ and Deyuan Shen¹|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

²e-mail: guojun@jsnu.edu.cn

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Yingjie Lu, Haotian Wang, Jun Guo, Yaohui Xu, Yuanchen Hu, Wujun Li, Jianing Zhang, Jie Ma, Deyuan Shen, "Modulation-free laser frequency locking using Fano resonance in a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode cavity," Photonics Res. 13, 417 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Yingjie Lu, Haotian Wang, Jun Guo, Yaohui Xu, Yuanchen Hu, Wujun Li, Jianing Zhang, Jie Ma, Deyuan Shen, "Modulation-free laser frequency locking using Fano resonance in a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode cavity," Photonics Res. 13, 417 (2025)

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