Tunable and switchable harmonic h-shaped pulse generation in a 3.03  km ultralong mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser

Junqing Zhao; Lei Li; Luming Zhao; Dingyuan Tang; Deyuan Shen; Lei Su

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000332

Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (3): 03000332, Published Online: Mar. 7, 2019

Tunable and switchable harmonic h-shaped pulse generation in a 3.03 km ultralong mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser

Junqing Zhao ¹Lei Li ¹Luming Zhao ^1,2,*Dingyuan Tang ¹Deyuan Shen ¹Lei Su ²

Author Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Laser Technology and Emerging Industry, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

² School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

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Junqing Zhao, Lei Li, Luming Zhao, Dingyuan Tang, Deyuan Shen, Lei Su. Tunable and switchable harmonic h-shaped pulse generation in a 3.03 km ultralong mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(3): 03000332.

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