5 kW-level single-mode fiber amplifier based on low-numerical-aperture fiber

Yisha Chen; Yun Ye; Liangjin Huang; Huan Yang; Hanshuo Wu; Zhiping Yan; Zhiyong Pan; Xiaolin Wang; Zefeng Wang; Pu Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202422.041404

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