Progress in Frequency-Doubled External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

Jiang Lidan; Zhang Xiaohua; Zhan Xiaohong; Zhu Renjiang; Jiang Maohua; Zhang Peng

doi:10.3788/lop53.090001

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