Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 50, Issue 4, 648(2021)

Development of Disordered Laser Crystals and Their Ultrafast Lasers

YU Haohai*, PAN Zhongben, ZHANG Huaijin, and WANG Jiyang
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