Difference Frequency Generation Wildly Tunable Continuous Wave Mid-infrared Radiation Laser Source Based on a MgO∶PPLN Crystal

ZHANG Ze-yu; ZHU Guo-shen; WANG Wei; DUAN Tao; YANG Song; HAO Qiang; HAN Biao; XIE Xiao-ping; ZENG He-ping

doi:10.3788/gzxb20164509.0914003

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