Repetition-rate tunable ultrafast microjoule Yb-fiber lasers

Xiangming Xiao; Wenmi Shi; Chenyang Gao; Yang Gui; Meng Pang; Gengji Zhou; Yuxin Leng

doi:10.3788/COL202523.071402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 7, 071402(2025)

Repetition-rate tunable ultrafast microjoule Yb-fiber lasers

Xiangming Xiao^1,2,3, Wenmi Shi^1,2, Chenyang Gao^1,2, Yang Gui^1,2,3, Meng Pang^1,2,3, Gengji Zhou^1,2、*, and Yuxin Leng^1,2,3

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

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Xiangming Xiao, Wenmi Shi, Chenyang Gao, Yang Gui, Meng Pang, Gengji Zhou, Yuxin Leng, "Repetition-rate tunable ultrafast microjoule Yb-fiber lasers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 071402 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Jan. 15, 2025

Accepted: Feb. 17, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 5, 2025

The Author Email: Gengji Zhou (zhougengji@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.071402

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.071402

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