A source of 2 terawatt, 2.7 cycle laser pulses based on noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8168-8177

  Witte, S ^a   Zinkstok, R Th ^a   Wolf, A L ^a   Hogervorst, W ^a   Ubachs, W ^a   Eikema, K S E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; GRATING-BASED STRETCHING; INTEGRATED PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE; PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33748307374     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008168     Document Type: Article

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