Research Progress on Ytterbium-Doped Silica Glass Fiber for High-Power Narrow-linewidth Fiber Lasers

Qiubai Yang; Hui Shen; Lei Zhang; Qiurui Li; Chunlei Yu; Yunfeng Qi; Lili Hu

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.1516011

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