1-mJ energy, 1-MW peak-power, 10-W average-power, spectrally narrow, diffraction-limited pulses from a photonic-crystal fiber amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8999-9002

  Brooks, Christopher D ^a   Di Teodoro, Fabio ^a  

^a ACULIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED PULSES; MICROCHIP LASERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SPECTRAL LINEWIDTH;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 27544495521     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008999     Document Type: Article

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