Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 12200(2024)

260 fs, 403 W coherently combined fiber laser with precise high-order dispersion management

Shuangxi Peng1, Zhihao Wang1, Feilong Hu1, Zhengyan Li2, Qingbin Zhang1,3、*, and Peixiang Lu1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Shuangxi Peng, Zhihao Wang, Feilong Hu, Zhengyan Li, Qingbin Zhang, Peixiang Lu. 260 fs, 403 W coherently combined fiber laser with precise high-order dispersion management[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2024, 17(1): 12200

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    Paper Information

    Category: LETTER

    Received: Dec. 1, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 27, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Qingbin Zhang (zhangqingbin@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-024-00107-5

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