• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 2, 021404 (2022)
Jinfang Yang1、2, Zhaohua Wang2、5, Jiajun Song2、3, Xianzhi Wang2、3, Renchong Lü1、2, Jiangfeng Zhu1, and Zhiyi Wei2、3、4、*
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
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
  • 5CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Jinfang Yang, Zhaohua Wang, Jiajun Song, Xianzhi Wang, Renchong Lü, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Diode-pumped 13 W Yb:KGW femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(2): 021404 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Jinfang Yang, Zhaohua Wang, Jiajun Song, Xianzhi Wang, Renchong Lü, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Diode-pumped 13 W Yb:KGW femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(2): 021404
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