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Photonics Research
Vol. 8, Issue 3, 421 (2020)

Femtosecond mid-IR optical vortex laser based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification | Editors' Pick

Junyu Qian^1、2, Yujie Peng^{1、3、4、*}, Yanyan Li¹, Pengfei Wang^1、2, Beijie Shao^1、2, Zhe Liu¹, Yuxin Leng^{1、3、5、*}, and Ruxin Li^{1、3、6、*}

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴e-mail: yjpeng@siom.ac.cn

⁵e-mail: lengyuxin@mail.siom.ac.cn

⁶e-mail: ruxinli@mail.shcnc.ac.cn

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Junyu Qian, Yujie Peng, Yanyan Li, Pengfei Wang, Beijie Shao, Zhe Liu, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Femtosecond mid-IR optical vortex laser based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(3): 421 Copy Citation Text

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Junyu Qian, Yujie Peng, Yanyan Li, Pengfei Wang, Beijie Shao, Zhe Liu, Yuxin Leng, Ruxin Li. Femtosecond mid-IR optical vortex laser based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(3): 421

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