Study on Amplification of Ring‑Core Erbium‑Doped Vortex Fibers

Shuaishuai Liu; Liang Zhang; Heming Wei; Jianxiang Wen; Fufei Pang; Tingyun Wang

doi:10.3788/CJL220945

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