Compact geometry for diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF femtosecond laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Aoshima, Shin Ichiro ^{b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Itoh, Haruyasu ^b,i,j   Tsuchiya, Yutaka ^a,b,d,k,l,m  

^a IEEE

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d Central Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^e ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h Institute of Electrical Engineers of   (Japan)

ⁱ IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^k AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^m Inst Television Engineers of   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Chromium materials; Laser resonators; Mode locked lasers; Pulsed lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER RESONATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

COMPACT GEOMETRY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; MODE LOCKED LASERS; PULSED LASERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031073951     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.585820     Document Type: Article

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