High-repetition-rate 1.5 &#181;m passively Q-switched Er:Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 microchip laser

Songqing Zha; Yujin Chen; Bingxuan Li; Yanfu Lin; Wenbin Liao; Yuqi Zou; Chenghui Huang; Zhanglang Lin; Ge Zhang

doi:10.3788/COL202119.071402

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