Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 3, 031408(2022)

Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium

Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo*, and Xinbing Wang
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 23, 2021

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2021

    Posted: Dec. 30, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 26, 2022

    The Author Email: Duluo Zuo (zuoduluo@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.031408

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