Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 8, 0814003(2024)

High-Efficiency Fiber Combining of Long-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers

Meng Zhang1, Xin Wang1,2、*, Suhui Yang1,2,3, Bao Li4, Zhuo Li1,2, Jinying Zhang1,2, and Yanze Gao1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 4The Eleventh Research Institute of China Electronic Science and Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100015, China
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    Meng Zhang, Xin Wang, Suhui Yang, Bao Li, Zhuo Li, Jinying Zhang, Yanze Gao. High-Efficiency Fiber Combining of Long-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(8): 0814003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 25, 2023

    Accepted: Feb. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Wang Xin (wangxin@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231973

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