All-fiber laser amplification at 1948 nm based on double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped photonic crystal fiber fabricated by laser additive manufacturing

Yongwei Shi; Nan Zhao; Jiantao Liu; Jiaming Li; Zhiyun Hou; Guiyao Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202321.121401

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