Efficient femtosecond pulse generation using a parabolic amplifier combined with a pulse compressor. I. Stimulated Raman-scattering effects

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  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

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; PARABOLIC AMPLIFIER; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33644529068     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000001     Document Type: Article

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