All-Polarization-Maintaining, Mode-Locking Fiber Front-End Laser Delivering Both the Picosecond Seed Laser and the Femtosecond Seed Laser
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Experimental Setup
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, Y.; Zhang, H.; Gao, K.; Qiao, W.; Feng, T.; Zhao, X.; Liu, Y. All-Polarization-Maintaining, Mode-Locking Fiber Front-End Laser Delivering Both the Picosecond Seed Laser and the Femtosecond Seed Laser. Photonics 2023, 10, 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10060665
Zhang Y, Zhang H, Gao K, Qiao W, Feng T, Zhao X, Liu Y. All-Polarization-Maintaining, Mode-Locking Fiber Front-End Laser Delivering Both the Picosecond Seed Laser and the Femtosecond Seed Laser. Photonics. 2023; 10(6):665. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10060665
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yinuo, Hao Zhang, Kong Gao, Wenchao Qiao, Tianli Feng, Xian Zhao, and Yizhou Liu. 2023. "All-Polarization-Maintaining, Mode-Locking Fiber Front-End Laser Delivering Both the Picosecond Seed Laser and the Femtosecond Seed Laser" Photonics 10, no. 6: 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10060665
APA StyleZhang, Y., Zhang, H., Gao, K., Qiao, W., Feng, T., Zhao, X., & Liu, Y. (2023). All-Polarization-Maintaining, Mode-Locking Fiber Front-End Laser Delivering Both the Picosecond Seed Laser and the Femtosecond Seed Laser. Photonics, 10(6), 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10060665