Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 50, Issue 5, 68(2021)

Wavelength Tunable Er: YAG Mid-infrared Pulse Laser Based on Pump Control

Youbao SANG1...3, Pengyuan WANG1, Ying CHEN1, Xinjun SU2, Jinbo LIU1, Jingwei GUO1,* and Fengting SANG1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Chemical Lasers, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science , Dalian, Liaoning6023, China
  • 2Rearch Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering of Nuclear Industry, Tianjin300180, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049China
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    Youbao SANG, Pengyuan WANG, Ying CHEN, Xinjun SU, Jinbo LIU, Jingwei GUO, Fengting SANG. Wavelength Tunable Er: YAG Mid-infrared Pulse Laser Based on Pump Control[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2021, 50(5): 68

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Dec. 31, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 5, 2021

    Published Online: Jun. 22, 2021

    The Author Email: GUO Jingwei (jingweiguo@dicp.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20215005.0514001

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