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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 22, Issue 1, 011402 (2024)

Watt-level acousto-optically Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm

Yuchen Xue, Ruisong Zhang, Zhengdong Dai, Zhongyu Wang, Huiying Xu, and Zhiping Cai^*

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Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering (National Model Microelectronics College), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Yuchen Xue, Ruisong Zhang, Zhengdong Dai, Zhongyu Wang, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai. Watt-level acousto-optically Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(1): 011402 Copy Citation Text

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Yuchen Xue, Ruisong Zhang, Zhengdong Dai, Zhongyu Wang, Huiying Xu, Zhiping Cai. Watt-level acousto-optically Q-switched Pr:YLF laser at 639 nm[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(1): 011402

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