Performance of 1-THz-bandwidth, two-dimensional smoothing by spectral dispersion and polarization smoothing of high-power, solid-state laser beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 998-1002

  Regan, Sean P ^a   Marozas, John A ^a   Craxton, R Stephen ^a   Kelly, John H ^a   Donaldson, William R ^a   Jaanimagi, Paul A ^a   Jacobs Perkins, Douglas ^a   Keck, Robert L ^a   Kessler, Terrance J ^a   Meyerhofer, David D ^a,b   Sangster, T Graig ^a   Seka, Wolf ^a   Smalyuk, Vladimir A ^a   Skupsky, Stanley ^a   Zuegel, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

LASER BEAM SMOOTHING; SOLID STATE LASER BEAMS; SPECTRAL DISPERSION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 20544432442     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000998     Document Type: Article

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