Simultaneous ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared continuous-wave lasing in a rare-earth-doped microcavity

Bo Jiang; Song Zhu; Linhao Ren; Lei Shi; Xinliang Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.AP.4.4.046003

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