Acousto-optic tunable ultrafast laser with vector-mode-coupling-induced polarization conversion

Yujia Li; Ligang Huang; Haonan Han; Lei Gao; Yulong Cao; Yuan Gong; Wending Zhang; Feng Gao; Iroegbu Paul Ikechukwu; Tao Zhu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000798

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