Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 16, 1601002(2021)

High Efficiency Multipass Pumped Planar Waveguide Laser Amplifier

Bo Qu1、**, Qi Liu1, Sibo Wang1, and Qiang Li1,2,3,4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 3Beijing Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Center of Advanced Laser Manufacturing, Beijing 100124, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Nov. 24, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 27, 2021

    Published Online: Aug. 6, 2021

    The Author Email: Bo Qu (liningqb@qq.com), Qiang Li (ncltlq@bjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1601002

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