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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 2, 026012(2024)

High-power, narrow linewidth solid-state deep ultraviolet laser generation at 193 nm by frequency mixing in LBO crystals

Zhitao Zhang¹, Hanghang Yu¹, Sheng Chen¹, Zheng Li¹, Xiaobo Heng¹, and Hongwen Xuan^1,2、*

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¹Chinese Academy of Sciences, GBA branch of Aerospace Information Research Institute, Guangzhou, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Zhitao Zhang, Hanghang Yu, Sheng Chen, Zheng Li, Xiaobo Heng, Hongwen Xuan. High-power, narrow linewidth solid-state deep ultraviolet laser generation at 193 nm by frequency mixing in LBO crystals[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2024, 3(2): 026012

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 29, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 6, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Xuan Hongwen (xuanhw@aircas.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.2.026012

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