High-power femtosecond Yb-doped fiber amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 628-638

  Limpert, J ^a   Schreiber, T ^a   Clausnitzer, T ^a   Zollner K ^a   Fuchs, H J ^a   Kley, E B ^a   Zellmer, H ^a   Tunnermann A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FUSED SILICA; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; YTTERBIUM;

TRANSMISSION GRATINGS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0041497123     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000628     Document Type: Article

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