Evaluation of an ultrabroadband high-gain amplification technique for chirped pulse amplification facilities

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7486-7493

  Collier, John ^a   Hernandez Gomez, Cristina ^a   Ross, Ian N ^a   Matousek, Pavel ^a   Danson, Colin N ^a   Walczak, John ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001612980     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007486     Document Type: Article

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