Experimental Exploration of Er∶YAG Cascaded Pulsed Laser at Room Temperature

Sibo Wang; Ye Tian; Bo Qu; Zhanda Zhu; Yongling Hui; Hong Lei; Qiang Li

doi:10.3788/AOS202242.0914001

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