Generation and evaluation of synchronous femtosecond and picosecond pulses in a dual-wavelength Ti:Sapphire laser

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1221-1227

  Zhu, Changjun ^a   Wang, Yuncai ^a   He, Junfang ^b   Wang, Shuicai ^b   Hou, Xun ^b  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION; TIMING JITTER;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); PICOSECOND LASERS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 21244442752     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001221     Document Type: Article

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