Analytical spatio-temporal design of Kerr lens mode-locked laser resonators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1786-1793

  Lin, Kuei Huei ^a   Hsieh, Wen Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0030496231     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001786     Document Type: Article

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