Numerical and experimental study of gain narrowing in ytterbium-based regenerative amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-425

  Raybaut, Pierre ^a,b   Balembois, François ^a   Druon, Frédéric ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Pulsed lasers; Simulation; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; YTTERBIUM;

GAIN NARROWING; GAIN SHIFTING SIMULATION; LASER AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; YTTERBIUM BASED REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 15544376787     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.841930     Document Type: Article

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