Optical Parametric Oscillators Synchronously Pumped by All-Solid-State Femtosecond Lasers

Wenlong Tian; Jiangfeng Zhu; Zhaohua Wang; Zhiyi Wei

doi:10.3788/CJL201946.0508015

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