Q-Switched Mode-Locked Thin-Disk Tm∶ZBLAN Laser

Mingxia Zhang; Long Zhou; Weijun Ling; Zhen Yuan; Wenting Wang; Jingwen Xue; Chong Wang; Xiaojuan Du; Zhong Dong

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.0114011

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