Development of a diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-73

  Uemura, Sadao ^a   Torizuka, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cr:LiSAF; Diode pumped; Femtosecond pulse; Fourth order dispersion; Group delay; Group delay dispersion; Mode locked; Third order dispersion

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; PRISMS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; INTRACAVITY DISPERSION; ORDINARY NONCHIRPED DIELECTRIC MIRROR; THIRD-ORDER DISPERSION;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0037250222     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.806187     Document Type: Article

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