Mechanisms of spectral shift in ultrashort-pulse laser oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1732-1741

  Kalashnikov, Vladimir L ^a   Sorokin, Evgeni ^b   Sorokina, Irina T ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

GAIN SATURATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0035647831     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001732     Document Type: Article

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