Soliton-based pump-seed synchronization for few-cycle OPCPA

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6550-6557

  Teisset, C Y ^a   Ishii, N ^a   Fuji, T ^a   Metzger, T ^a   Kohler S ^a   Holzwarth, R ^a,b   Baltuska A ^a   Zheltikov, A M ^c   Krausz, F ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; SAPPHIRE; SOLITONS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (OPCPA); PICOSECOND MASTER OSCILLATORS; PUMP-SEED SYNCHRONIZATION; SYNCHRONIZATION LOOPS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 24144447675     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006550     Document Type: Review

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