Watt-level broadly wavelength tunable mode-locked solid-state laser in the 2 μm water absorption region

Wei Zhou; Xiaodong Xu; Rui Xu; Xuliang Fan; Yongguang Zhao; Lei Li; Dingyuan Tang; Deyuan Shen

doi:doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000583

Photonics Research, 2017, 5 (6): 06000583, Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017

Watt-level broadly wavelength tunable mode-locked solid-state laser in the 2 μm water absorption region Download： 551次

Wei Zhou ^1,2,3Xiaodong Xu ^1,2Rui Xu ^1,2Xuliang Fan ⁴Yongguang Zhao ^1,2Lei Li ^1,2Dingyuan Tang ^1,2Deyuan Shen ^1,2,*

Author Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

² Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Laser Technology and Emerging Industry, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

³ e-mail: weizhou@jsnu.edu.cn

⁴ Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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Wei Zhou, Xiaodong Xu, Rui Xu, Xuliang Fan, Yongguang Zhao, Lei Li, Dingyuan Tang, Deyuan Shen. Watt-level broadly wavelength tunable mode-locked solid-state laser in the 2 μm water absorption region[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 06000583.

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