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Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 8, 877(2021)

Fabrication of Highly Transparent Co:MgAl2O4 Ceramic Saturable Absorber for Passive Q-switching in 1.5 μm

Yanqiu JING1,2, Qiang LIU2, Sha SU1,2, Xiaoying LI1, Ziyu LIU1, Jingya WANG1, and Jiang LI1、*
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  • 11. Key Laboratory of Transparent Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 22. School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Yanqiu JING, Qiang LIU, Sha SU, Xiaoying LI, Ziyu LIU, Jingya WANG, Jiang LI. Fabrication of Highly Transparent Co:MgAl2O4 Ceramic Saturable Absorber for Passive Q-switching in 1.5 μm [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(8): 877

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    Category: RESEARCH LETTER

    Received: Nov. 30, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 8, 2021

    The Author Email: Jiang LI (lijiang@mail.sic.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200679

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
    laser manufacturing
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