Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 201009(2017)

Status and Development Tendency of High Power Ytterbium Doped Fibers

Wang Yibo* and Li Jinyan
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    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Sep. 12, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 22, 2017

    The Author Email: Yibo Wang (wangyibo@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201744.0201009

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