Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 6, 20220119(2022)

Research progress of tunable single-frequency fiber lasers (Invited)

Yezhen Duan1, Changsheng Yang1,2、*, Jialong Li1, Kui Jiang1, Qilai Zhao1,2, Zhouming Feng1,2, and Shanhui Xu1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • 2Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of High-performance Fiber Laser Techniques and Equipments, Zhuhai 519031, China
  • 3Guangdong Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Application Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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    Yezhen Duan, Changsheng Yang, Jialong Li, Kui Jiang, Qilai Zhao, Zhouming Feng, Shanhui Xu. Research progress of tunable single-frequency fiber lasers (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(6): 20220119

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    Category: Special issu

    Received: Feb. 21, 2022

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    Published Online: Dec. 20, 2022

    The Author Email: Yang Changsheng (mscsyang@scut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220119

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