Design of a 10 W Level Dispersion-Managed High-Power Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Fiber Laser System

Weiyi Sun; Jiapeng Huang; Liming Chen; Zhiyuan Huang; Wenbin He; Xin Jiang; Meng Pang; Yuxin Leng

doi:10.3788/CJL202249.0101012

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