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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 9, 2477(2025)

Room-temperature high-average-power strong-field terahertz source based on an industrial high-repetition-rate femtosecond laser

Deyin Kong1,2,3, Yichen Su4, Cheng Song4, and Xiaojun Wu1,2,3、*
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  • 1Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China
  • 2School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • 3Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Apr. 1, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 16, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiaojun Wu (xiaojunwu@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.563949

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.563949

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