Research Progress of Fiber Laser Spectral Combining Based on Dichromatic Mirror

Xubao He; Xiaoming Xi; Hanwei Zhang; Xiaolin Wang; Xiaojun Xu

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.0900004

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