Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 8, 20210355(2021)

High-power, few-cycle 2 μm laser pulse generation based on soliton self-compression (Invited)

Tingting Yang, Hongshan Chen, Heyan Liu, Jingjie Hao, and Jinwei Zhang*
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  • School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Tingting Yang, Hongshan Chen, Heyan Liu, Jingjie Hao, Jinwei Zhang. High-power, few-cycle 2 μm laser pulse generation based on soliton self-compression (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210355

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    Category: Special issue—ultrafast and ultraintense mid-infrared laser technology

    Received: May. 30, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 2, 2021

    The Author Email: Jinwei Zhang (jinweizhang@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210355

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