High‑Repetition‑Rate Continuously Tunable Ultra‑Short Pulse Laser Across Range from 192 nm to 300 nm

Huagang Liu; Kaiming Ruan; Jinhui Li; Fei Shi; Jianhong Huang; Wenxiong Lin

doi:10.3788/CJL231524

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