Evanescent-wave pumped single-mode microcavity laser from fiber of 125 μm diameter

Yuchen Wang; Shu Hu; Xiao Yang; Ruizhi Wang; Heng Li; Chuanxiang Sheng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000332

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