Hundred‑Watt‑Level Mid‑Infrared Random Fiber Laser Amplifier

Wangcheng Gao; Rui Ma; Xin Quan; Yu Chen; Dianyuan Fan; Jun Liu

doi:10.3788/CJL230874

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