Modeling In-band Pumped kW Level High-Power Tm-Doped Fiber Lasers via Simulations

Mengmeng Tao; Xisheng Ye; Jingfeng Ye; Ting Yu; Zhao Quan; Yunfeng Qi; Guobin Feng; Weibiao Chen

doi:10.3788/CJL202249.0101019

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