Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 6, 20220127(2022)

Research progress of high-power single-frequency erbium-doped fiber laser technology (Invited)

Xin Cheng1...2, Huawei Jiang1, and Yan Feng13 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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