An optimized Er gain band all-fiber chirped pulse amplification system

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6508-6514

  Imeshev, G ^a   Hartl, I ^a   Fermann, M E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; DETERIORATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS;

BRAGGS REFLECTORS; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA) SYSTEMS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 11244333256     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.006508     Document Type: Article

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