Brewster-angled chirped mirrors for high-fidelity dispersion compensation and bandwidths exceeding one optical octave

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2385-2396

  Steinmeyer, G ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; THIN FILMS;

BREWSTER-ANGLED CHIRPED MIRRORS; DOUBLE-CHIRPED MIRRORS (DCM); PULSE COMPRESSION;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 2942718702     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002385     Document Type: Article

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