Development and applications of gain-switched fiber lasers [Invited]

Jianlong Yang; Yulong Tang; and Jianqiu Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.1.000052

Photonics Research, Volume. 1, Issue 1, 52(2013)

Development and applications of gain-switched fiber lasers [Invited]

Jianlong Yang, Yulong Tang, and and Jianqiu Xu^*

Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and the Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Paper Information

Category: Photonic Manipulation

Received: Feb. 27, 2013

Accepted: Apr. 19, 2013

Published Online: Jul. 17, 2013

The Author Email: and Jianqiu Xu (jqxu09@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.1.000052

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