Extracavity compression technique for high-energy femtosecond pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-108

  Mevel E ^a   Tcherbakoff, O ^a   Salin, F ^a   Constant, E ^a  

^a CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; WAVE FILTERS;

EXTRACAVITY COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0037837045     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000105     Document Type: Article

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