Femtosecond diode-pumped Cr : LiSGAF Lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 465-472

  Yanovsky, Victor P ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Korytin, Alexey ^a,h,i   Wise, Frank W ^{a,f,j,k,l,m,n}   Cassanho, Arlete ^b   Jenssen, Hans P ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Lightning Optical Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e USSR Academy of Sciences

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^m Department of Applied Physics ^*  (United States)

ⁿ IEEE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LENSES; PUMPING (LASER);

FEMTOSECOND DURATION PULSES; KERR LENS MODE LOCKING; SOLID STATE SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030230487     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571745     Document Type: Article

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