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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 2, Issue 5, 056004(2023)

Operation of multiphonon-assisted laser in the nanosecond time scales

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

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

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Jun. 12, 2023

Accepted: Jul. 12, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 2, 2023

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

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.2.5.056004

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