Controlled generation of picosecond-pulsed higher-order Poincar&#233; sphere beams from an ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier

Kunhao Ji; Di Lin; Ian A. Davidson; Siyi Wang; Joel Carpenter; Yoshimichi Amma; Yongmin Jung; Massimiliano Guasoni; David J. Richardson

doi:10.1364/PRJ.475287

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