Generation of high-efficiency, high-purity, and broadband Laguerre-Gaussian modes from a Janus optical parametric oscillator

Dunzhao Wei; Pengcheng Chen; Yipeng Zhang; Wenzhe Yao; Rui Ni; Xiaopeng Hu; Xinjie Lv; Shining Zhu; Min Xiao; Yong Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.APN.2.3.036007

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