Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 20210905(2022)

Research progress on high-performance single-frequency fiber lasers: 2017-2021 (Invited)

Wei Shi*, Shijie Fu*, Quan Sheng, Chaodu Shi, Junxiang Zhang, Lu Zhang, and Jianquan Yao
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  • School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Wei Shi, Shijie Fu, Quan Sheng, Chaodu Shi, Junxiang Zhang, Lu Zhang, Jianquan Yao. Research progress on high-performance single-frequency fiber lasers: 2017-2021 (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(1): 20210905

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    Category: Highlight

    Received: Nov. 26, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 7, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Wei Shi (shiwei@tju.edu.cn), Shijie Fu (shijie_fu@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210905

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