Chirped dielectric mirrors for dispersion control in femtosecond laser systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2377, Issue , 1995, Pages 11-22

  Szipöcs, Róbert ^a   Stingl, Andreas ^b   Spielmann, Christian ^b   Krausz, Ferenc ^b  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dispersion control; Dispersion measurement; Femtosecond lasers; Optical coatings; Ti:Sapphire laser

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; GROUP DELAY; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL COATINGS; SAPPHIRE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

BROADBAND FEMTO-SECOND LASERS; DISPERSION COMPENSATING; DISPERSION CONTROL; DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; FEMTOSECOND LASER SYSTEM; HIGHER ORDER DISPERSION; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 11744354260     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.206409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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