Research Progress of Nonlinear Frequency Conversion Technology Based on Fiber Femtosecond Lasers

Jun Zhao; Minglie Hu; Jintao Fan; Bowen Liu; Youjian Song; Lu Chai; Qingyue Wang

doi:10.3788/LOP55.040001

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