Dispersion control over 150 THz with chirped dielectric mirrors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-196

  Tempea, Gabriel ^b,d,e   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,b   Spielmann, Christian ^b   Ferencz, Kárpát ^c,f,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e Abt Quantenelektronik Lasertechnik   (Austria)

^f EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g Optical Coating Laboratory

^h Optical Coating Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

Coatings; Mirrors; Optical delay lines; Optical pulse compression; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; OPTICS;

OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032022815     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686723     Document Type: Article

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