Circular cladding waveguides in Pr:YAG fabricated by femtosecond laser inscription: Raman, luminescence properties and guiding performance

Quanxin Yang; Hongliang Liu; Shan He; Qingyu Tian; Bin Xu; Pengfei Wu

doi:10.29026/oea.2021.200005

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