Multi-cascade broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier based on KD*P crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4972, Issue , 2003, Pages 90-101

  Freidman, Gennadiy ^a   Andreev, Nikolay ^a   Bespalov, Victor ^a   Bredikhin, Vladimir ^a   Ginzburg, Vladislav ^a   Katin, Eugeny ^a   Khazanov, Efim ^a   Korytin, Alexey ^a   Lozhkarev, Vladimir ^a   Palashov, Oleg ^a   Poteomkin, Anatoly ^a   Sergeev, Alexander ^a   Yakovlev, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cr:forsterite laser; Non degenerated phasematching; Petawatt laser; Super broadband phasematching

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTALS; FERRITE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

SUPER BROADBAND PHASEMATCHING;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0242497207     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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