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Opto-Electronic Advances
Vol. 3, Issue 5, 190032-1 (2020)

Mid-infrared all-fiber gain-switched pulsed laser at 3 μm

Xiaojin Zhang, Weiwei Li, Jin Li, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, and Zhengqian Luo^*

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Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Xiaojin Zhang, Weiwei Li, Jin Li, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Zhengqian Luo. Mid-infrared all-fiber gain-switched pulsed laser at 3 μm[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2020, 3(5): 190032-1 Copy Citation Text

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Xiaojin Zhang, Weiwei Li, Jin Li, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai, Zhengqian Luo. Mid-infrared all-fiber gain-switched pulsed laser at 3 μm[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2020, 3(5): 190032-1

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