Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 10, 1014002(2022)
Numerical Analysis of All-Fiber Passively Q-Switched Laser at 2.8 μm Mid-Infrared Region
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Rui Wang, Junxiang Zhang, Quan Sheng, Shijie Fu, Wei Shi, Jianquan Yao. Numerical Analysis of All-Fiber Passively Q-Switched Laser at 2.8 μm Mid-Infrared Region[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(10): 1014002
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Nov. 3, 2021
Accepted: Dec. 7, 2021
Published Online: May. 10, 2022
The Author Email: Shi Wei (shiwei@tju.edu.cn)