Numerical Study on Power Limit of Hundred-Nanosecond Single-Frequency Pulsed Fiber Lasers

Zhang Hanwei; Zhou Pu; Wang Xiaolin; Xu Xiaojun

doi:10.3788/aos201232.1214002

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