• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210350 (2021)
Wenlong Tian1, Kang Han1, Jiangfeng Zhu1、*, and Zhiyi Wei2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210350 Cite this Article
    Wenlong Tian, Kang Han, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Research progress of 2-5 µm mid-IR femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210350 Copy Citation Text show less
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