Analysis of beam characteristic in spectral beam combining of laser array with pointing deviation

Bai Gang; Shen Hui; Yang Yifeng; Zhao Xiang; Zhang Jingpu; He Bing; Zhou Jun

doi:10.3788/irla201847.0103010

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