Laser crystals for the production of ultra-short laser pulses

Annales de Chimie: Science des Materiaux

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 47-72

  Druon, Frédéric ^a   Balembois, François ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; LASER CRYSTALS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CERIUM; CHROMIUM; GLASS; SELENIUM; TITANIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; DISPERSION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0344875951     PISSN: 01519107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anncsm.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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