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  • 1Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 3School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Yanqi Gao, Yong Cui, Lailin Ji, Daxing Rao, Xiaohui Zhao, Fujian Li, Dong Liu, Wei Feng, Lan Xia, Jiani Liu, Haitao Shi, Pengyuan Du, Jia Liu, Xiaoli Li, Tao Wang, Tianxiong Zhang, Chong Shan, Yilin Hua, Weixin Ma, Xun Sun, Xianfeng Chen, Xiuguang Huang, Jian Zhu, Wenbing Pei, Zhan Sui, Sizu Fu. Development of low-coherence high-power laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(6): 065201 Copy Citation Text show less
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