Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 8, 0814003(2024)
High-Efficiency Fiber Combining of Long-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
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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
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)