Wavelength-tunable multi-point pump semiconductor disk laser based on an intra-cavity transmission grating

Jian Feng; Cunzhu Tong; Yufei Zhao; Andreas Popp; Berthold Schmidt; Lijie Wang; Bo Meng; Huanyu Lu; Yanjing Wang; Xin Zhang; Lijun Wang

doi:10.3788/COL202321.021401

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