2 μm Dual-wavelength Tunable Spacing All Fiber Thulium-doped Fiber Laser

ZHANG Yan; WANG Tian-shu; ZHANG Peng; MA Wan-zhuo; LIU Peng; SU Yu-wei; BI Ming-zhe; ZHANG Jing

doi:10.3788/gzxb20164503.0314008

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Foundation item: The National Nature Science Fund of China(No.60907020), the National Nature Science Fund of Jilin Province (No.20150101044JC) and the Key Science and Technology Project of Changchun City (No.13KG31)

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