Stimulated Raman amplification of ultrashort seed pulses in compressed methane

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-458

  Vodchits, Alexander I ^a   Shvedko, Alexander G ^a   Orlovich, Valentin A ^a   Kozich, Valery P ^b   Werncke, Wolfgang ^b  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING;

COMPRESSED METHANE; STIMULATED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 15044352870     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000453     Document Type: Article

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