Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 3, 031408(2022)
Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium
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Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo, Xinbing Wang, "Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 031408 (2022)
Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics
Received: Nov. 23, 2021
Accepted: Dec. 29, 2021
Posted: Dec. 30, 2021
Published Online: Jan. 26, 2022
The Author Email: Duluo Zuo (zuoduluo@hust.edu.cn)