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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 2, 026011(2025)

Compact narrow-linewidth solid-state 193-nm pulsed laser source utilizing an optical parametric amplifier and its vortex beam generation

Zhitao Zhang1,†... Xiaobo Heng1, Junwu Wang1, Sheng Chen1, Xiaojie Wang1, Chen Tong1, Zheng Li1, and Hongwen Xuan12,* |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Chinese Academy of Sciences, GBA branch of Aerospace Information Research Institute, Guangzhou, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Zhitao Zhang, Xiaobo Heng, Junwu Wang, Sheng Chen, Xiaojie Wang, Chen Tong, Zheng Li, Hongwen Xuan, "Compact narrow-linewidth solid-state 193-nm pulsed laser source utilizing an optical parametric amplifier and its vortex beam generation," Adv. Photon. Nexus 4, 026011 (2025)

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 4, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 11, 2025

Published Online: Mar. 10, 2025

The Author Email: Xuan Hongwen (xuanhw@aircas.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.2.026011

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.2.026011

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