Efficient femtosecond pulse generation using a parabolic amplifier combined with a pulse compressor. II. Finite gain-bandwidth effect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-19

  Soh, Daniel B S ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Grudinin, Anatoly B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; GAIN BANDWIDTH; PARABOLIC AMPLIFIER;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33644514630     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000010     Document Type: Article

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