• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210336 (2021)
Mengyu Zong1, Zhen Zhang2, Jingjing Liu1, Jie Liu1, and Liangbi Su2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210336 Cite this Article
    Mengyu Zong, Zhen Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Jie Liu, Liangbi Su. LD pumped high-power mid-infrared solid state lasers based on 1.3at.%Er3+: CaF2 crystal (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210336 Copy Citation Text show less
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