Protective materials for subpicosecond Ti:sapphire lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3532-3539

  Lenner, Miklos ^a   Spielmann, Christian ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; GLASS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLYCARBONATES; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

LASER RADIATION PROTECTION; POLYCARBONATE FILTERS; PROTECTIVE MATERIALS; PULSE DURATION;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 20844445325     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003532     Document Type: Article

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