Generation of Ultrahigh Peak Power Pulses by Chirped Pulse Amplification

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 398-403

  Maine, P ^a   Strickland, D ^a   Bado, P ^a   Pessot, M ^a   Mourou, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS - AMPLIFIERS; LASERS, SOLID STATE;

BANDWIDTH COMPRESSED PULSE; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; EXPANSION-COMPRESSION SETUP; GROUP TIME DELAY; ULTRAHIGH PEAK POWER PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0023961413     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.137     Document Type: Article

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