Vortex random fiber laser with controllable orbital angular momentum mode

Xiaoya Ma; Jun Ye; Yang Zhang; Jiangming Xu; Jian Wu; Tianfu Yao; Jinyong Leng; Pu Zhou

doi:10.1364/PRJ.413455

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