Study of Buried Waveguide Written in LiNbO3 Crystal by High Repetition Rate Femtosecond Laser

Fan Zongxue; Feng Jie; Liu Ang; Yang Yongjia; Zhou Zigang

doi:10.3788/lop52.091403

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