Generation of sub-three-cycle pulses at 53 MHz repetition rate via nonlinear compression in optical parametric oscillator

Lixin Yuan; Yu Cai; Yuxi Chu; Jintao Fan; Minglie Hu

doi:10.3788/COL202220.051901

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