Laser Technology, Volume. 46, Issue 5, 585(2022)

Research and development of diode pumped alkali lasers

AN Guofei, YANG Jiao, HAN Juhong, CAI He, LIU Xiaoxu, WANG Shunyan, and WANG You
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    Received: Oct. 8, 2021

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    Published Online: Oct. 14, 2022

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    DOI:10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2022.05.002

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