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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 4, 041403(2024)

High-power all-fiber linearly polarized Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier based on active polarization control

Tao Wang1, Shuai Ren1,2, Hongxiang Chang1, Bo Ren1, Kun Guo1, Can Li1、*, Pengfei Ma1,3,4, Jinyong Leng1,3,4, and Pu Zhou1、**
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  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2School of Information and Communications, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430035, China
  • 3Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 4Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    Tao Wang, Shuai Ren, Hongxiang Chang, Bo Ren, Kun Guo, Can Li, Pengfei Ma, Jinyong Leng, Pu Zhou. High-power all-fiber linearly polarized Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier based on active polarization control[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(4): 041403

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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 29, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 11, 2023

    Posted: Dec. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Apr. 18, 2024

    The Author Email: Can Li (lc0616@163.com), Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.041403

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