High Output Power kW Class of Pump Light by (N+1)&#215;1 Fiber Couplers in a Cascaded Structure

CHEN Xiao; XIAO Qi-rong; JIN Guang-yong; YAN Ping; GONG Ma-li

doi:10.3788/gzxb20154406.0606004

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