High power high repetition rate femtosecond Ytterbium-doped fiber laser frequency comb (invited)

Sun Jinghua; Sun Kexiong; Lin Zhifang; Sun Jifen; Jin Lu; Xu Yongzhao

doi:10.3788/irla201948.0103001

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