Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 2, 0232001(2020)
Focal Spot Deterioration Analysis of Plasma Mirrors in High-Power Ultrashort Laser Systems
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Dongjun Zhang, Ping Zhu, Xinglong Xie, Jun Kang, Qingwei Yang, Haidong Zhu, Ailin Guo, Meizhi Sun, Qi Gao, Jianqiang Zhu. Focal Spot Deterioration Analysis of Plasma Mirrors in High-Power Ultrashort Laser Systems[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(2): 0232001
Category: Ultrafast Optics
Received: Jul. 8, 2019
Accepted: Sep. 9, 2019
Published Online: Jan. 2, 2020
The Author Email: Zhu Ping (zhp1990@siom.ac.cn)