Cancellation of B-integral accumulation for CPA lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 459-469

  Konoplev, O A ^a   Meyerhofer, D D ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B integral cancellation; Chirped pulse amplification; Distortion; Excited carrier nonlinearity; Peak power; Pulse contrast; Pulse recompression; Recompressed pulse; Self phase modulation reduction; Short pulse laser

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; MODULATION; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

B-INTEGRAL CANCELLATION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032028669     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686756     Document Type: Article

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