High brightness diode laser by coupler free grating external cavity spectral beam combining

Sun Shujuan; Tan Hao; Meng Huicheng; Guo Linhui; Gao Songxin; Wu Deyong; Xu Fang

doi:10.3788/irla201948.0306006

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