Gain Performance Regulation of Few-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (Invited)

Yuwen Qin; Yue Wang; Cong Zhang; Yan Zeng; Yihong Fang; Ou Xu; Songnian Fu

doi:10.3788/AOSOL240447

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