Power scalable compact THz system based on an ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 7909-7913

  Chang, Guoqing ^a   Divin, Charles J ^a   Liu, Chi Hung ^a   Williamson, Steven L ^b   Galvanauskas, Almantas ^a   Norris, Theodore B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Picometrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION;

FIBER AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; PARABOLIC FIBER AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33747805953     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.007909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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