Grism-pair stretcher-compressor system for simultaneous second- and third-order dispersion compensation in chirped-pulse amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 661-665

  Kane, S ^a   Squier, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031486547     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000661     Document Type: Article

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