• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 598 (2017)
Jiangming Xu1、2、3, Jun Ye1, Wei Liu1, Jian Wu1、2, Hanwei Zhang1、2, Jinyong Leng1、2, and Pu Zhou1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3e-mail: jmxu1988@163.com
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    Jiangming Xu, Jun Ye, Wei Liu, Jian Wu, Hanwei Zhang, Jinyong Leng, Pu Zhou, "Passively spatiotemporal gain-modulation-induced stable pulsing operation of a random fiber laser," Photonics Res. 5, 598 (2017) Copy Citation Text show less
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