Zhang, J., Pötzlberger, M., Wang, Q., Brons, J., Seidel, M., Bauer, D., Sutter, D., Pervak, V., Apolonski, A., Mak, K. F., Kalashnikov, V., Wei, Z., Krausz, F., & Pronin, O. (2022). Distributed Kerr Lens Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Thin-Disk Oscillator. Ultrafast Science, 2022, Article 9837892. https://doi.org/10.34133/2022/9837892
Zhang, Jinwei ; Pötzlberger, Markus ; Wang, Qing et al. / Distributed Kerr Lens Mode-Locked Yb:YAG Thin-Disk Oscillator. In: Ultrafast Science. 2022 ; Vol. 2022.
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