Spectral properties of the kerr-lens mode-locked cr4+:YAG laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2084-2092

  Kalashnikov, Vladimir L ^a   Sorokin, Evgeni ^a   Naumov, Sergei ^a   Sorokina, Irina T ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GROUP-DELAY DISPERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0242269479     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002084     Document Type: Article

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