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Photonics Research
Vol. 8, Issue 12, 1857 (2020)

Mid-infrared Q-switch performance of ZrC

Yangyang Liang¹, Tao Li^{1、2、3、*}, Wenchao Qiao², Tianli Feng^2、6, Shengzhi Zhao², Yuefeng Zhao^3、4, Yuzhi Song^3、4, and Christian Kränkel⁵

Author Affiliations

¹China Key Laboratory of Laser & Infrared System (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266237, China

²School of Information Science and Engineering, and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China

³Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

⁴School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China

⁵Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, 12489 Berlin, Germany

⁶e-mail: tlfeng@sdu.edu.cn

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Yangyang Liang, Tao Li, Wenchao Qiao, Tianli Feng, Shengzhi Zhao, Yuefeng Zhao, Yuzhi Song, Christian Kränkel. Mid-infrared Q-switch performance of ZrC[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1857 Copy Citation Text

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Yangyang Liang, Tao Li, Wenchao Qiao, Tianli Feng, Shengzhi Zhao, Yuefeng Zhao, Yuzhi Song, Christian Kränkel. Mid-infrared Q-switch performance of ZrC[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1857

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