Research progress of 2 μm Ho single-doped solid laser and application of ZnGeP2 on middle-long-wave infrared (Invited)

Gaoyou Liu; Disheng Wei; Yi Chen; Ke Yang; Shuyi Mi; Junhui Li; Chao Yang; Ruixue Wang; Xiaoming Duan; Tongyu Dai; Baoquan Yao; Youlun Ju; Yuezhu Wang

doi:10.3788/IRLA20201056

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