Synthesis and manufacturing the mirrors for ultrafast optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5963, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pervak, Vladimir ^a   Naumov, Sergey ^a   Tempea, Gabriel ^b   Yakovlev, Vlad ^c   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,c   Apolonski, Alexander ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b FEMTOLASERS PRODUKTIONS GMBH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND ELECTROMETRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coatings; Group delay dispersion; Mirrors; Thin films; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); REFLECTION; SAPPHIRE; THIN FILMS;

FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATORS; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; SURFACE QUALITY; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33144474292     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.624771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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