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Vol. 23, Issue 4, 041902 (2025)

Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures | Editors' Pick

Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Chongyang Xu, Hongquan Yao..., Jian Ning, Xinjie Lü^*, Gang Zhao, Peng Zhan, Zhenda Xie and Shining Zhu|Show fewer author(s)

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National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, College of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

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Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Chongyang Xu, Hongquan Yao, Jian Ning, Xinjie Lü, Gang Zhao, Peng Zhan, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu, "Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 041902 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Chongyang Xu, Hongquan Yao, Jian Ning, Xinjie Lü, Gang Zhao, Peng Zhan, Zhenda Xie, Shining Zhu, "Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 041902 (2025)

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