Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier as an alternative to Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifiers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2923-2929

  Jovanovic, Igor ^a,b   Comaskey, Brian J ^b   Ebbers, Christopher A ^b   Bonner, Randal A ^b   Pennington, Deanna M ^b   Morse, Edward C ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); Q SWITCHED LASERS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (OPA);

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0037140608     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002923     Document Type: Article

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