Analysis and treatment of thermal effects in 10 kW-level optic switch

Zhijie Li; Qingqing Kong; Mingdong Zhang; Ziheng Jing; Yinxu Bian; Hua Shen; Rihong Zhu

doi:10.3788/IRLA20210909

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