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Infrared and Laser Engineering
Vol. 52, Issue 6, 20220869 (2023)

Coherent polarization beam combination of two ultrafast laser channels based on fiber stretcher phase locking

Tao Wang¹, Can Li^1,*, Yang Liu², Bo Ren¹..., Zhenqiang Tang², Hongxiang Chang¹, Gehui Xie², Kun Guo¹, Jian Wu¹, Jiangming Xu¹, Jinyong Leng¹, Pengfei Ma^1,3, Rongtao Su^1,3, Wenxue Li² and Pu Zhou¹|Show fewer author(s)

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¹College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

²State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

³Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

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Tao Wang, Can Li, Yang Liu, Bo Ren, Zhenqiang Tang, Hongxiang Chang, Gehui Xie, Kun Guo, Jian Wu, Jiangming Xu, Jinyong Leng, Pengfei Ma, Rongtao Su, Wenxue Li, Pu Zhou. Coherent polarization beam combination of two ultrafast laser channels based on fiber stretcher phase locking[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(6): 20220869 Copy Citation Text

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Tao Wang, Can Li, Yang Liu, Bo Ren, Zhenqiang Tang, Hongxiang Chang, Gehui Xie, Kun Guo, Jian Wu, Jiangming Xu, Jinyong Leng, Pengfei Ma, Rongtao Su, Wenxue Li, Pu Zhou. Coherent polarization beam combination of two ultrafast laser channels based on fiber stretcher phase locking[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(6): 20220869

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