Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, Volume. 14, Issue 1, 8352(2016)

Suppression of FM-to-AM modulation by polarizing fiber front end for high-power lasers

ZHI QIAO1,2, XIAOCHAO WANG1, WEI FAN1、*, XUECHUN LI1, YOUEN JIANG1, RAO LI1,2, CANHONG HUANG1,2, and ZUNQI LIN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    ZHI QIAO, XIAOCHAO WANG, WEI FAN, XUECHUN LI, YOUEN JIANG, RAO LI, CANHONG HUANG, ZUNQI LIN. Suppression of FM-to-AM modulation by polarizing fiber front end for high-power lasers[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2016, 14(1): 8352

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    Received: Jun. 30, 2016

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    Published Online: May. 26, 2017

    The Author Email: FAN WEI (fanweil@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/ao.55.008352

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