• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 35, Issue 4, 041002 (2023)
Bing He1, Binglin Li1、2, Yifeng Yang1, and Meizhong Liu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202335.220282 Cite this Article
    Bing He, Binglin Li, Yifeng Yang, Meizhong Liu. Coherent beam combining of fiber laser array based on diffractive optical element[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(4): 041002 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Bing He, Binglin Li, Yifeng Yang, Meizhong Liu. Coherent beam combining of fiber laser array based on diffractive optical element[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(4): 041002
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