Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 1, 011405(2022)

High-power broadband supercontinuum generation through a simple narrow-bandwidth FBGs-based fiber laser cavity

Song Zhang, Man Jiang*, Can Li, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, and Zongfu Jiang
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  • College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    Song Zhang, Man Jiang, Can Li, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, Zongfu Jiang. High-power broadband supercontinuum generation through a simple narrow-bandwidth FBGs-based fiber laser cavity[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 011405

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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Oct. 9, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 19, 2021

    Posted: Nov. 19, 2021

    Published Online: Dec. 16, 2021

    The Author Email: Man Jiang (jiangman7@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.011405

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