Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 47, Issue 10, 1014002(2018)
Dual-wavelength Passively Q-switched Yb∶GdYSiO5 Laser Based on WS2 Saturable Absorber Mirror
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GAO Zi-ye, ZHU Jiang-feng, GONG Shuang, TIAN Jin-rong, WU Zheng-mao. Dual-wavelength Passively Q-switched Yb∶GdYSiO5 Laser Based on WS2 Saturable Absorber Mirror[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2018, 47(10): 1014002
Received: May. 25, 2018
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Published Online: Dec. 18, 2018
The Author Email: Zi-ye GAO (zygao@swu.edu.cn)