Amplification of broad-band chirped pulses up to the 100-mJ level using alexandrite-pumped neodymium-doped glasses

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1504-1512

  Gamache, C ^a,b,c,d   Descamps, D ^b   Husson, D ^a   Seznec, S ^a   Migus, A ^a,b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Commsrt à l'Energie Atomique ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL GLASS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALEXANDRITE LASERS; BROADBAND CHIRPED PULSES; LONGITUDINAL PUMPING GEOMETRY; NEODYMIUM DOPED GLASSES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0030214534     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.511564     Document Type: Article

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