Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 8, 20210336(2021)

LD pumped high-power mid-infrared solid state lasers based on 1.3at.%Er3+: CaF2 crystal (Invited)

Mengyu Zong1, Zhen Zhang2, Jingjing Liu1, Jie Liu1, and Liangbi Su2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
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    Mengyu Zong, Zhen Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Jie Liu, Liangbi Su. LD pumped high-power mid-infrared solid state lasers based on 1.3at.%Er3+: CaF2 crystal (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210336

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    Received: May. 26, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210336

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