Gain and laser performance of heavily Er-doped silica fiber fabricated by MCVD combined with the sol-gel method

Qiubai Yang; Yan Jiao; Chunlei Yu; Chongyun Shao; Fengguang Lou; Shikai Wang; Lei Zhang; Qiuhong Yang; Lili Hu

doi:10.3788/COL202119.110603

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