Generation of 5-fs pulses and octave-spanning spectra directly from a Ti:sapphire laser

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 373-375

  Ell, R ^a   Morgner, U ^a   Kartner F X ^a   Fujimoto, J G ^b   Ippen, E P ^b   Scheuer, V ^c   Angelow, G ^c   Tschudi, T ^c   Lederer, M J ^d   Boiko, A ^d   Luther Davies, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b USA   (United States)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOLITONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0000183981     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000373     Document Type: Article

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