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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 357(2021)

Structured laser beams: toward 2-μm femtosecond laser vortices

Yongguang Zhao1,2、*, Li Wang2, Weidong Chen2, Pavel Loiko3, Xavier Mateos4, Xiaodong Xu1, Ying Liu1, Deyuan Shen1, Zhengping Wang5, Xinguang Xu5, Uwe Griebner1, and Valentin Petrov1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 2Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 3Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP), UMR 6252 CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, Caen 14050, France
  • 4Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Física i Cristal·lografia de Materials i Nanomaterials (FiCMA-FiCNA), Marcel.li Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
  • 5State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Oct. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 12, 2021

    Published Online: Feb. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: Yongguang Zhao (yongguangzhao@yeah.net)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.413276

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    Lasers and Laser Optics
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