Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 51, Issue 10, 1014006(2022)

GHz Watt-scale All Solid State Kerr Lens Mode-locked Yb:CYA Femtosecond Laser(Invited)

Junyi MA1,2、*, Guodong ZHAO1,2, Xiaodong SHAO1, Hainian HAN1,3, and Zhiyi WEI1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Photophysics,Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory,Dongguan,Guangdong 523808,China
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    Junyi MA, Guodong ZHAO, Xiaodong SHAO, Hainian HAN, Zhiyi WEI. GHz Watt-scale All Solid State Kerr Lens Mode-locked Yb:CYA Femtosecond Laser(Invited)[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(10): 1014006

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    Received: Jul. 1, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 30, 2022

    Published Online: Nov. 30, 2022

    The Author Email: Junyi MA (jyma@iphy.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20225110.1014006

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