Femtosecond optical pulse amplification in saturated media

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-734

  Dienes, A ^a   Heritage, J P ^a   Jasti, C ^a   Hong, M Y ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0030550684     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000725     Document Type: Article

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