• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 3, 031408 (2022)
Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo*, and Xinbing Wang
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo, Xinbing Wang. Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(3): 031408 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Zhifan Zhang, Peng Lei, Duluo Zuo, Xinbing Wang. Segmented pulsed discharge for metastable argon lasing medium[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(3): 031408
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