Cylindrical vector beam fiber laser with a symmetric two-mode fiber coupler

Yang Xu; Su Chen; Zhiqiang Wang; Bing Sun; Hongdan Wan; Zuxing Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001479

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 12, 1479(2019)

Cylindrical vector beam fiber laser with a symmetric two-mode fiber coupler

Yang Xu, Su Chen, Zhiqiang Wang, Bing Sun, Hongdan Wan, and Zuxing Zhang^*

Advanced Photonic Technology Lab, College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Jul. 8, 2019

Accepted: Oct. 5, 2019

Published Online: Nov. 21, 2019

The Author Email: Zuxing Zhang (zxzhang@njupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001479

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