Laser Technology, Volume. 45, Issue 3, 271(2021)

Review of high repetition-rate mid-infrared lasers for photoelectric countermeasures

LIU Xiaoxu, HAN Juhong, CAI He, YANG Feng, RONG Kepeng, AN Guofei, and WANG You*
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    Received: Aug. 31, 2020

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    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2021

    The Author Email: WANG You (youwang_2007@aliyun.com)

    DOI:10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2021.03.001

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