Two-color femtosecond experiments by use of two independently tunable Ti:sapphire lasers with a sample-and-hold switch

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 5899-5902

  Sohn, Jin Young ^a   Ahn, Yeong Hwan ^a   Yee, Ki Ju ^a   Kim, Dai Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

TWO-COLOR FEMTOSECOND EXPERIMENTS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032620830     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005899     Document Type: Article

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