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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 22, Issue 4, 041403 (2024)

High-power all-fiber linearly polarized Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier based on active polarization control

Tao Wang¹, Shuai Ren^1,2, Hongxiang Chang¹, Bo Ren¹..., Kun Guo¹, Can Li^1,*, Pengfei Ma^1,3,4, Jinyong Leng^1,3,4 and Pu Zhou^1,**|Show fewer author(s)

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

²School of Information and Communications, National University of Defense Technology, Wuhan 430035, China

³Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

⁴Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

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Tao Wang, Shuai Ren, Hongxiang Chang, Bo Ren, Kun Guo, Can Li, Pengfei Ma, Jinyong Leng, Pu Zhou, "High-power all-fiber linearly polarized Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier based on active polarization control," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 041403 (2024) Copy Citation Text

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Tao Wang, Shuai Ren, Hongxiang Chang, Bo Ren, Kun Guo, Can Li, Pengfei Ma, Jinyong Leng, Pu Zhou, "High-power all-fiber linearly polarized Yb-doped chirped pulse amplifier based on active polarization control," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 041403 (2024)

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