High-intensity short KrF laser-pulse generation by saturated amplification of truncated leading-edge pulse

Optics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 431-437

  Takahashi, E ^a   Kuwahara, K ^b   Matsumoto, Y ^a   Okuda, I ^a   Matsushima, I ^a   Kato, S ^a   Owadano, Y ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; KRYPTON; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

FRANTZ-NODVIK THEORY; HIGH-INTENSITY SHORT LASER PULSES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034315680     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)01042-7     Document Type: Article

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