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    Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 5 >Issue 6 >Page 583 > Article
    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 583 (2017)
    Watt-level broadly wavelength tunable mode-locked solid-state laser in the 2 μm water absorption region
    Wei Zhou1、2、3, Xiaodong Xu1、2, Rui Xu1、2, Xuliang Fan4, Yongguang Zhao1、2, Lei Li1、2, Dingyuan Tang1、2, and Deyuan Shen1、2、*
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 2Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Laser Technology and Emerging Industry, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 3e-mail: weizhou@jsnu.edu.cn
  • 4Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.5.000583 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wei Zhou, Xiaodong Xu, Rui Xu, Xuliang Fan, Yongguang Zhao, Lei Li, Dingyuan Tang, Deyuan Shen. Watt-level broadly wavelength tunable mode-locked solid-state laser in the 2 μm water absorption region[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 583 Copy Citation Text show less
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