Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 17, 1700001(2021)

Hefei Infrared Free-Electron Laser Facility

Heting Li1, Zhigang He1, Fangfang Wu1, Leilei Tang1, Zhouyu Zhao1, Tong Zhang1, Tianlong He1, Ke Xuan1, Haiyan Zhang1, Wei Wei1, Ping Lu1, Zeran Zhou1, Lei Shang1, Gongfa Liu1, Hongliang Xu1, Xiaoye He1, Shiping Jiang1, Xiangtao Pei1, Chen Gao1,2, Qika Jia1, Jun Bao1, Shancai Zhang1、*, and Lin Wang1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
  • 2School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China
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    Heting Li, Zhigang He, Fangfang Wu, Leilei Tang, Zhouyu Zhao, Tong Zhang, Tianlong He, Ke Xuan, Haiyan Zhang, Wei Wei, Ping Lu, Zeran Zhou, Lei Shang, Gongfa Liu, Hongliang Xu, Xiaoye He, Shiping Jiang, Xiangtao Pei, Chen Gao, Qika Jia, Jun Bao, Shancai Zhang, Lin Wang. Hefei Infrared Free-Electron Laser Facility[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(17): 1700001

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    Category: reviews

    Received: Feb. 8, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 9, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Shancai (shancai@ustc.edu.cn), Wang Lin (wanglin@ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1700001

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