Numerical studies of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Zhu, Pengfei ^a   Qian, Liejia ^b   Xue, Shaolin ^c   Lin, Zunqi ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse amplification; Numerical simulation; Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0037290253     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(02)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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