Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 7, 071402(2021)
High-repetition-rate 1.5 µm passively Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 microchip laser
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Songqing Zha, Yujin Chen, Bingxuan Li, Yanfu Lin, Wenbin Liao, Yuqi Zou, Chenghui Huang, Zhanglang Lin, Ge Zhang, "High-repetition-rate 1.5 µm passively Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 microchip laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 071402 (2021)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: Oct. 28, 2020
Accepted: Dec. 21, 2020
Published Online: Apr. 2, 2021
The Author Email: Yujin Chen (cyj@fjirsm.ac.cn), Ge Zhang (zhg@fjirsm.ac.cn)