Hundred-watt level high-order mode all-fiberized random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser with high mode purity

Yang Li; Xiulu Hao; Yi An; Yi Zhu; Tianfu Yao; Xianglong Zeng; Pu Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202321.021406

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