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Photonics Research
Vol. 9, Issue 4, 424 (2021)

Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers

Wei Liu¹, Jiaxin Song¹, Pengfei Ma^1、2、*, Hu Xiao¹, and Pu Zhou^1、3、*

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¹College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

²e-mail: shandapengfei@126.com

³e-mail: zhoupu203@163.com

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Wei Liu, Jiaxin Song, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Pu Zhou. Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 424 Copy Citation Text

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Wei Liu, Jiaxin Song, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Pu Zhou. Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 424

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