High repetition rate tunable femtosecond pulses and broadband amplification from fiber laser pumped parametric amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4765-4773

  Andersen, T V ^a,b   Schmidt, O ^a   Bruchmann, C ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Aguergaray, C ^c   Cormier, E ^c   Tunnermann A ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER);

ENERGY SCALABILITY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (OPA); PRISM SEQUENCE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33744513210     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004765     Document Type: Article

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