Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 23, 2306001(2022)
Photodarkening Effect of 5 kW Near-Single-Mode Fiber Laser Oscillator
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Peng Wang, Baolai Yang, Hanwei Zhang, Xiaoming Xi, Chen Shi, Xiaolin Wang, Xiaojun Xu, Lü Pin. Photodarkening Effect of 5 kW Near-Single-Mode Fiber Laser Oscillator[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(23): 2306001
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Apr. 11, 2022
Accepted: Jun. 4, 2022
Published Online: Dec. 14, 2022
The Author Email: Zhang Hanwei (zhanghanwei100@163.com)