CW mode-locked Tm:YAP laser with semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror at around 2 μm

Zhang Haikun; Huang Jiyang; Zhou Cheng; Xia Wei; He Jingliang

doi:10.3788/irla201847.0505003

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