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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 2, 021401(2021)

Self-polarization emission based on coherent combination of intracavity eigenmodes in Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG lasers

Kaifei Tang1,2, Wenbin Liao2,3, Da Lin2,4, Bingxuan Li2,3, Weidong Chen2、*, and Ge Zhang2,3,5
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  • 1College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • 3Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 5Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Semiconductors and Efficient Devices, Fuzhou 350108, China
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    Kaifei Tang, Wenbin Liao, Da Lin, Bingxuan Li, Weidong Chen, Ge Zhang, "Self-polarization emission based on coherent combination of intracavity eigenmodes in Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG lasers," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 021401 (2021)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Aug. 6, 2020

    Accepted: Sep. 4, 2020

    Published Online: Jan. 4, 2021

    The Author Email: Weidong Chen (Chenweidong@fjirsm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.021401

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