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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 288(2020)

Effective suppression of the photodarkening effect in high-power Yb-doped fiber amplifiers by H2 loading

Ruiting Cao, Gui Chen*, Yisha Chen, Zhilun Zhang, Xianfeng Lin, Bin Dai, Luyun Yang, and Jinyan Li
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Oct. 30, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 16, 2019

    Published Online: Feb. 12, 2020

    The Author Email: Gui Chen (chen_gui@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.381208

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