Analytical Design of Double-Chirped Mirrors with Custom-Tailored Dispersion Characteristics

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Matuschek, Nicolai ^a,b   Kärtner, Franz X ^a,c,d   Keller, Ursula ^a,e,f,g  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirped mirrors; Coatings; Coupled mode analysis; Dielectric films; Dispersion control; Thin film devices; Ultrafast optics; WKB analysis

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SILICA; THIN FILM DEVICES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COUPLED-MODE ANALYSIS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0033079566     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.740733     Document Type: Article

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