Research progress on enhancing the output power of all-solid-state single-frequency continuous-wave lasers by using intracavity nonlinear loss mode-selecting technology (<i>invited</i>)

Huadong Lu; Jiawei Li; Pixian Jin; Jing Su; Kunchi Peng

doi:10.3788/IRLA20230592

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