Generation of high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses from 8 to 18 μm

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5044-5047

  Fraser, James M ^a   Wang, Diankui ^a   Haché, Alain ^a   Allan, Gary R ^a   Van Driel, Henry M ^a  

^a Photonics Research Ontario   (Canada)

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EID: 0001362118     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005044     Document Type: Article

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