Ultrafast, ultrahigh-peak, and high-average power Ti:sapphire laser system and its applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 658-675

  Yamakawa, Koichi ^a,b   Barty, Christopher P J ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; DISPERSION CONTROL; HIGH FIELD PHYSICS; MULTITERAWATT OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; TITANIUM DOPED SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEM;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0034217255     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.883381     Document Type: Article

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