Large-range alignment-free distributed-cavity laser based on an improved multi-lens retroreflector

Junjie Liu; Aihua Wang; Quan Sheng; Yue Qi; Sijia Wang; Meng Wang; Degang Xu; Shijie Fu; Wei Shi; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.3788/COL202220.031407

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