Self-polarization emission based on coherent combination of intracavity eigenmodes in Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG lasers

Kaifei Tang; Wenbin Liao; Da Lin; Bingxuan Li; Weidong Chen; Ge Zhang

doi:10.3788/COL202119.021401

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