Ray-tracing model for stretcher dispersion calculation

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3393-3399

  Zhang, Zhigang ^a,b   Yagi, Takashi ^a   Arisawa, Takashi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c Applied Photon Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse amplification; Stretcher; Ultrafast phenomena; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001216203     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003393     Document Type: Article

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