Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 12, 20201052(2020)

Review of random laser research (Invited)

Wenyu Du1, Zhijia Hu2、*, Zhigang Cao2, Guosheng Zhang1, Yan Wang1, Weidong Luo1, and Benli Yu1
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  • 1Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Acquisition and Manipulation of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • 2Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Acquisition and Manipulation of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Advanced Laser Technology

    Received: Sep. 15, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 14, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhijia Hu (zhijiahu@ahu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20201052

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