32 W of average power in 24-fs pulses from a passively mode-locked thin disk laser with nonlinear fiber compression

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 98, Issue , 2005, Pages 598-602

  Innerhofer, E ^a   Brunner, F ^a   Marchese, S V ^a   Paschotta, R ^a   Keller, U ^a   Furusawa, K ^b   Baggett, J C ^b   Monro, T M ^b   Richardson, D J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODES; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

AVERAGE POWER; NONLINEAR FIBER COMPRESSION; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED THIN DISK LASER;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 33645211174     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2005.598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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