Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 0501004(2021)

Research Progress on Eye-Safe All-Solid-State Single-Frequency Lasers

Qing Wang1,2,3、** and Chunqing Gao1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Oct. 30, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 28, 2020

    Published Online: Mar. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Wang Qing (qingwang@bit.edu.cn), Gao Chunqing (gao@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.0501004

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