Mid-infrared side-pumping combiner and all-fiber superfluorescent fiber source (invited)

Xiran Zhu; Bin Zhang; Zilun Chen; Desheng Zhao; Linyong Yang; Jing Hou

doi:10.3788/IRLA20230101

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