Widely Tunable and High Pulse Energy Short‑Wave Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillator

Pengxiang Liu; Wei Li; Feng Qi; Chuncao Niu; Weifan Li; Qiaoqiao Fu; Liyuan Guo; Zhongyang Li

doi:10.3788/CJL230599

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