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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 061601(2023)

Environmentally stable, spectral-shape-controllable, GHz femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser

Kefeng Chen¹, Lina Gan¹, Yingge Tao¹, Weilin Shao¹, Wei Yu¹, Haowei Lin¹, Zhiping Cai^1,2, and Huihui Cheng^1,2,3、*

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¹Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

²Fujian Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Technology and Applications, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

³Shenzhen Research Institute, Xiamen University, Shenzhen 518000, China

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Kefeng Chen, Lina Gan, Yingge Tao, Weilin Shao, Wei Yu, Haowei Lin, Zhiping Cai, Huihui Cheng, "Environmentally stable, spectral-shape-controllable, GHz femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 061601 (2023)

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Category: Optical Materials

Received: Feb. 17, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 17, 2023

Published Online: Jun. 7, 2023

The Author Email: Huihui Cheng (hhcheng@xmu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.061601

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