Laser emission from low-loss cladding waveguides in Pr:YLF by femtosecond laser helical inscription

Yingying Ren; Zemeng Cui; Lifei Sun; Chao Wang; Hongliang Liu; Yangjian Cai

doi:10.3788/COL202220.122201

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