Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 17, 170602(2019)

Research Progress on Ytterbium-Doped Large Mode Area Photonic Crystal Fibers

Chunlei Yu1, Meng Wang1, Suya Feng1, Shikai Wang1, Fan Wang1,2, Fengguang Lou1, Lei Zhang1, Danping Chen1, and Lili Hu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Key Laboratory of High Power Laser Materials, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Chunlei Yu, Meng Wang, Suya Feng, Shikai Wang, Fan Wang, Fengguang Lou, Lei Zhang, Danping Chen, Lili Hu. Research Progress on Ytterbium-Doped Large Mode Area Photonic Crystal Fibers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(17): 170602

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    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: May. 14, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 15, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 5, 2019

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

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.170602

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