• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210396 (2021)
Linzhen He, Kan Tian, Xuemei Yang, and Houkun Liang*
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  • Institute of Electronic Information, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210396 Cite this Article
    Linzhen He, Kan Tian, Xuemei Yang, Houkun Liang. Development and application of mid-infrared high-energy, high-power, few-cycle optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210396 Copy Citation Text show less
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