Research Progress of Tm-Doped Pulsed Solid-State Lasers in 2 μm Band

Yuqing Fan; Xiangchun Shi; Jing Liu; Chuanpeng Qian; Ting Yu; Xisheng Ye

doi:10.3788/LOP220654

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