Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 11, 111404(2021)

Simultaneous tailoring of longitudinal and transverse mode inside an Er:YAG laser

Rui Song1,2,3, Xueting Liu1,2,3, Shiyao Fu1,2,3、*, and Chunqing Gao1,2,3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Mar. 30, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 30, 2021

    Posted: May. 6, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 9, 2021

    The Author Email: Shiyao Fu (fushiyao@bit.edu.cn), Chunqing Gao (gao@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.111404

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