Ultrafast high energy amplifiers beyond the B-integral limit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6102, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shah, L ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Hartl, I ^a   Imeshev, G ^a   Cho, G G ^a   Fermann, M E ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Fibers; Nonlinear Optics; Ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

DIODES; FIBERS; LASER MODES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBER OSCILLATORS; SINGLE-MODE FIBER LASERS; ULTRAFAST SOLID-STATE LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33645971671     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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