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High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 32, Issue 1, 011009(2020)

Progress of the research on Yb3+-doped femtosecond laser crystals

Shijia Sun1, Fei Lou2, Zhoubin Lin3, Degao Zhong1, and Bing Teng1、*
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  • 1College of Physics, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
  • 2School of Mathematics and Physics, QingdaoUniversity of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
  • 3Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
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    Shijia Sun, Fei Lou, Zhoubin Lin, Degao Zhong, Bing Teng. Progress of the research on Yb3+-doped femtosecond laser crystals[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32(1): 011009

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    Received: Nov. 18, 2019

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    Published Online: Mar. 31, 2020

    The Author Email: Bing Teng (5108tb@163.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202032.190451

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