Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 6, 20220119(2022)
Research progress of tunable single-frequency fiber lasers (Invited)
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Yezhen Duan, Changsheng Yang, Jialong Li, Kui Jiang, Qilai Zhao, Zhouming Feng, Shanhui Xu. Research progress of tunable single-frequency fiber lasers (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(6): 20220119
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Received: Feb. 21, 2022
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Published Online: Dec. 20, 2022
The Author Email: Changsheng Yang (mscsyang@scut.edu.cn)