Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier and spatiotemporal shaping for a petawatt laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Hugonnot, Emmanuel ^a   Luce, Jacques ^a   Coïc, Hervé ^a  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER PULSES; MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFIERS; MONOMODE PULSES; SIGNAL PULSES; WAVEFORM GENERATORS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 31344450422     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000377     Document Type: Article

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