Time-Domain Waveform Programmable Femtosecond Burst-Mode Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Amplification

Congcong Zhang; Yang Liu; Gehui Xie; Zejiang Deng; Shiping Xiong; Daping Luo; Wenxue Li; Bin Wu; Kunfeng Chen

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.2314001

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