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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 10, 1599(2020)

High absorption large-mode area step-index fiber for tandem-pumped high-brightness high-power lasers

Kang-Jie Lim1、†, Samuel Kai-Wen Seah1、†, Joash Yong’En Ye1, Wendy Weiying Lim1, Chu-Perng Seah1, Yunn-Boon Tan1, Suting Tan1, Huiting Lim1, Raghuraman Sidharthan2, Arumugam Rajendra Prasadh1, Chen-Jian Chang2, Seongwoo Yoo2,3、*, and Song-Liang Chua1,4、*
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  • 1DSO National Laboratories, 118225 Singapore, Singapore
  • 2School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
  • 3e-mail: seon.yoo@ntu.edu.sg
  • 4e-mail: csonglia@dso.org.sg
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    Kang-Jie Lim, Samuel Kai-Wen Seah, Joash Yong’En Ye, Wendy Weiying Lim, Chu-Perng Seah, Yunn-Boon Tan, Suting Tan, Huiting Lim, Raghuraman Sidharthan, Arumugam Rajendra Prasadh, Chen-Jian Chang, Seongwoo Yoo, Song-Liang Chua. High absorption large-mode area step-index fiber for tandem-pumped high-brightness high-power lasers[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(10): 1599

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    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 24, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 6, 2020

    Published Online: Sep. 23, 2020

    The Author Email: Seongwoo Yoo (seon.yoo@ntu.edu.sg), Song-Liang Chua (csonglia@dso.org.sg)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.400755

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