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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 8, 081405(2024)

High-power compact continuous-wave Fe:ZnSe laser at 4 µm with >50% overall conversion efficiency Editors' Pick

Yanlong Shen*, Yingchao Wan, Feng Zhu, Tongxing Chai, Yousheng Wang, and Ke Huang
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  • State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an 710024, China
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    Yanlong Shen, Yingchao Wan, Feng Zhu, Tongxing Chai, Yousheng Wang, Ke Huang, "High-power compact continuous-wave Fe:ZnSe laser at 4 µm with >50% overall conversion efficiency," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 081405 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Mar. 16, 2024

    Accepted: Apr. 16, 2024

    Published Online: Aug. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Yanlong Shen (yanlong_xian@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.081405

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.081405

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