Near-diffraction-limited linearly polarized narrow-linewidth random fiber laser with record kilowatt output

Jiangming Xu; Long Huang; Man Jiang; Jun Ye; Pengfei Ma; Jinyong Leng; Jian Wu; Hanwei Zhang; Pu Zhou

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000350

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 4, 350(2017)

Near-diffraction-limited linearly polarized narrow-linewidth random fiber laser with record kilowatt output

Jiangming Xu^1,2,3, Long Huang¹, Man Jiang¹, Jun Ye¹, Pengfei Ma^1,2, Jinyong Leng^1,2, Jian Wu^1,2, Hanwei Zhang^1,2, and Pu Zhou^1,2、*

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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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Mar. 17, 2017

Accepted: Jun. 9, 2017

Published Online: Jan. 21, 2019

The Author Email: Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000350

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