High efficiency of spectral beam combining by using large optical cavity lasers

Xiaoxu Xing; Xuyan Zhou; Hongwei Qu; Weiqiao Zhang; Lingqian Meng; Jing Liu; Yufei Wang; Wanhua Zheng

doi:10.3788/COL202220.061402

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