LD-Pumped Random Fiber Laser Based on Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber

Qingyang MENG; Han WU; Bing HAN; Jiaqi LI; Zinan WANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-019-0553-x

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