Use of mismatched grating pairs in chirped–pulse amplification systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1638-1641

  Squier, Jeff ^a   Barty, Chris P J ^b   Salin, FranÇois ^c   Blanc, Catherine Le ^c   Kane, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Nonlinear Science   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^d Optics for Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CALCULATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS; MISMATCHED GRATING PAIRS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0032028798     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001638     Document Type: Article

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