Spatiotemporal model of femtosecond pulse generation in Kerr-lens mode-locked solid-state lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 535-550

  Kalosha, V P ^a,b   Muller M ^a   Herrmann, J ^a   Gatz, S ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

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EID: 0032338291     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000535     Document Type: Article

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