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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 4, 424(2021)

Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers

Wei Liu¹, Jiaxin Song¹, Pengfei Ma^1,2、*, Hu Xiao¹, and Pu Zhou^1,3、*

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

²e-mail: shandapengfei@126.com

³e-mail: zhoupu203@163.com

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Wei Liu, Jiaxin Song, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Pu Zhou, "Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers," Photonics Res. 9, 424 (2021)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Nov. 4, 2020

Accepted: Jan. 18, 2021

Published Online: Mar. 11, 2021

The Author Email: Pengfei Ma (shandapengfei@126.com), Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.414223

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