Research Progress in High Power Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser Oscillator

Yun Ye; Xiaolin Wang; Chen Shi; Hanwei Zhang; Xiaoming Xi; Pu Zhou; Xiaojun Xu

doi:10.3788/LOP55.120006

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