Generation of few-cycle terawatt light pulses using optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4903-4908

  Witte, S ^a   Zinkstok, R Th ^a   Hogervorst, W ^a   Eikema, K S E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FUSION REACTIONS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHASE MODULATION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

FOURIER LIMIT; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (NOPA); PAREMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM COHERENT CONTROL; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 22744446912     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004903     Document Type: Article

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