Recent advances in nanosecond-pulsed Ytterbium-doped all-fiber lasers

Yan Qu; Chaoyu Ning; Shuzhen Zou; Haijuan Yu; Xuechun Chen; Shuang Xu; Jiexi Zuo; Shifei Han; Xinyao Li; Xuechun Lin

doi:10.3788/IRLA20220055

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