Ultrafast high power fiber laser systems

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-197

  Limpert, Jens ^a,b   Röser, Fabian ^a   Schreiber, Thomas ^a   Manek Hönninger, Inka ^b   Salin, Francois ^b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers and amplifiers; Nonlinear fiber optics; Ultra short laser pulses; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646522936     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.01.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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