10 W CW ytterbium-doped fiber laser with 4&#215;1 fused fiber bundle combiner

Jihuang ZHANG; Chao YANG; Chuan HUANG; Yuhua LI; Nengli DAI; Peixiang LU; Zuowen JIANG; Wei CHEN; Jinyan LI

doi:10.1007/s12200-008-0039-8

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