Ultrafast rainbow: Tunable ultrashort pulses from a solid-state kilohertz system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 444-448

  Wilson, Kent R ^a   Yakovlev, Vladislav V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031540919     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000444     Document Type: Article

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