Application problems of liquid crystal phase modulators to high power lasers

Xiaofeng Liu; Yuan’an Zhao; Liping Peng; Xiaoshuang Wang; Dawei Li; Jianda Shao

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202032.190426

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