Electro-Optic Technology Application, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 1(2024)

Research Progress of Solar Direct Pumped Solid-state Lasers (Invited)

XU Xuesen1... LIU Ziqi1, ZHOU Xu1, YUAN Minyue1, GUO Yongrui1 and LU Huadong2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1The School of Optoelectronics Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Optical Quantum Devices, Institute of Optoelectronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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    XU Xuesen, LIU Ziqi, ZHOU Xu, YUAN Minyue, GUO Yongrui, LU Huadong. Research Progress of Solar Direct Pumped Solid-state Lasers (Invited)[J]. Electro-Optic Technology Application, 2024, 39(6): 1

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    Received: Sep. 6, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 18, 2025

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