Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 0106001(2024)

Research Progress on Yb-Doped Large Mode Field Photonic Crystal Fibers (Invited)

Lili Hu*, Suya Feng, Meng Wang, Shikai Wang, Fan Wang, Mengting Guo, Chunlei Yu, and Danping Chen
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  • Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Lili Hu, Suya Feng, Meng Wang, Shikai Wang, Fan Wang, Mengting Guo, Chunlei Yu, Danping Chen. Research Progress on Yb-Doped Large Mode Field Photonic Crystal Fibers (Invited)[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2024, 51(1): 0106001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber optics and optical communication

    Received: Oct. 9, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 8, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 19, 2024

    The Author Email: Lili Hu (hulili@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL231257

    CSTR:32183.14.CJL231257

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