Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 0501005(2021)

Progress on Yb-Doped All-Solid-State Femtosecond Laser Amplifier with High Repetition Rate

Chuan Bai1, Wenlong Tian1, Geyang Wang1, Li Zhen1, Rui Xu1, Dacheng Zhang1, Zhaohua Wang2, Jiangfeng Zhu1、*, and Zhiyi Wei2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710071, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    Chuan Bai, Wenlong Tian, Geyang Wang, Li Zhen, Rui Xu, Dacheng Zhang, Zhaohua Wang, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Progress on Yb-Doped All-Solid-State Femtosecond Laser Amplifier with High Repetition Rate[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(5): 0501005

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Nov. 2, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 21, 2020

    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhu Jiangfeng (jfzhu@xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.0501005

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