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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 2, 266(2021)

Vortex random fiber laser with controllable orbital angular momentum mode

Xiaoya Ma¹, Jun Ye¹, Yang Zhang¹, Jiangming Xu^1,2, Jian Wu¹, Tianfu Yao¹, Jinyong Leng¹, and Pu Zhou^1、*

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¹College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

²e-mail: jmxu1988@163.com

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Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Oct. 27, 2020

Accepted: Dec. 18, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 2, 2021

The Author Email: Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.413455

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