• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 8, 762 (2018)
Jingjing Liu1, Hao Huang2, Feng Zhang2, Zhen Zhang3..., Jie Liu1,4,*, Han Zhang2,6 and Liangbi Su3,5,7|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • 2SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Centre for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 3CAS Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials, Synthetic Single Crystal Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 4Institute of Data Science and Technology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • 5State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 6e-mail: hzhang@szu.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: suliangbi@mail.sic.ac.cn
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    Jingjing Liu, Hao Huang, Feng Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Jie Liu, Han Zhang, Liangbi Su, "Bismuth nanosheets as a Q-switcher for a mid-infrared erbium-doped SrF2 laser," Photonics Res. 6, 762 (2018) Copy Citation Text show less
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