High efficiency, low threshold, high repetition rate H-β Fraunhofer line light at 486.1 nm generation by an intracavity frequency-doubled optical parametric oscillator

Xiangxiang Li; Yuntao Bai; Xin Ding; Guoxin Jiang; Peng Lei; Xingrui Zhang; Yang Sun; Jiangeng Du; Fangying Wei; Ruofan Zhang; Liang Wu; Guizhong Zhang; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.3788/COL202321.091403

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