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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 10, 101401(2024)

Multiphonon-assisted acousto-optical Q-switched laser at 1130 nm in Yb:YCOB crystal

Huichen Si, Fei Liang^*, Dazhi Lu, Haohai Yu^**, Huaijin Zhang, and Yicheng Wu

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State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

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Huichen Si, Fei Liang, Dazhi Lu, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Yicheng Wu, "Multiphonon-assisted acousto-optical Q-switched laser at 1130 nm in Yb:YCOB crystal," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 101401 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Dec. 19, 2023

Accepted: May. 14, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 12, 2024

The Author Email: Fei Liang (liangfei@sdu.edu.cn), Haohai Yu (haohaiyu@sdu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.101401

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.101401

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