Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 13, 1301004(2021)

Passively Q-Switched a-Cut Er, Yb∶YAl3(BO3)4 Microchip Laser

Songqing Zha1,2, Yujin Chen2、*, Mingyao Deng2,4, Yanfu Lin2, Bingxuan Li2, Yuqi Zou3, Wenbin Liao2, Zhanglang Lin2, and Ge Zhang2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 351100, China
  • 2Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 351100, China
  • 3Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200000
  • 4College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 351100, China
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    Songqing Zha, Yujin Chen, Mingyao Deng, Yanfu Lin, Bingxuan Li, Yuqi Zou, Wenbin Liao, Zhanglang Lin, Ge Zhang. Passively Q-Switched a-Cut Er, Yb∶YAl3(BO3)4 Microchip Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(13): 1301004

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Nov. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Chen Yujin (cyj@fjirsm.ac.cn), Zhang Ge (zhg@fjirsm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1301004

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