Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 2, 021404(2023)
Fiber oscillator of 5 kW using fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by a visible femtosecond laser
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Hongye Li, Xin Tian, Hao Li, Baiyi Wu, Xiaofan Zhao, Meng Wang, Chenhui Gao, Binyu Rao, Xiaoming Xi, Zilun Chen, Zefeng Wang, Jinbao Chen, "Fiber oscillator of 5 kW using fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by a visible femtosecond laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 021404 (2023)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: May. 30, 2022
Accepted: Aug. 15, 2022
Published Online: Sep. 21, 2022
The Author Email: Zefeng Wang (hotrosemaths@163.com)