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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 016008(2024)

Intense white laser of high spectral flatness via optical-damage-free water–lithium niobate module

Lihong Hong^1,2, Yuanyuan Liu², Haiyao Yang², Lingzhi Peng², Mingzhou Li², Yujie Peng¹, Ruxin Li¹, and Zhi-Yuan Li^2、*

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¹Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai, China

²South China University of Technology, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Guangzhou, China

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Lihong Hong, Yuanyuan Liu, Haiyao Yang, Lingzhi Peng, Mingzhou Li, Yujie Peng, Ruxin Li, Zhi-Yuan Li, "Intense white laser of high spectral flatness via optical-damage-free water–lithium niobate module," Adv. Photon. Nexus 3, 016008 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Oct. 24, 2023

Accepted: Dec. 16, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 15, 2024

The Author Email: Zhi-Yuan Li (phzyli@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.1.016008

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.1.016008

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