Kilohertz gain-switched laser operation and femtosecond regenerative amplification in Cr:forsterite

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1123-1133

  Shcheslavskiy, Vladislav ^a,h   Zhavoronkov, Nickolay ^b,d   Petrov, Valentin ^a   Noack, Frank ^a,e   Bouvier, Marcel ^c,f,g  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SOLAR TII   (Belarus)

^c THALES   (France)

^d BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h PHOTOCHEMISTRY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CHROMIUM; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; CHROMIUM FORSTERITE LASER; LASER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE GENERATION; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0033171409     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.777211     Document Type: Article

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