High-order mode lasing in all-FMF laser cavities

Teng Wang; Ao Yang; Fan Shi; Yiping Huang; Jianxiang Wen; Xianglong Zeng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000042

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 42(2019)

High-order mode lasing in all-FMF laser cavities

Teng Wang, Ao Yang, Fan Shi, Yiping Huang, Jianxiang Wen, and Xianglong Zeng^*

Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Sep. 20, 2018

Accepted: Nov. 12, 2018

Published Online: Feb. 21, 2019

The Author Email: Xianglong Zeng (zenglong@shu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000042

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