Multi-kilohertz repetition rate Ti: Sapphire amplifier based on down-chirped pulse amplification

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9277-9283

  Gaudiosi, David M ^a   Gagnon, Etienne ^a   Lytle, Amy L ^a   Fiore, Julie L ^a   Gibson, Emily A ^a   Kane, Steve ^b   Squier, Jeff ^c   Murnane, Margaret M ^a   Kapteyn, Henry C ^a   Jimenez, Ralph ^a   Backus, Sterling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Horiba Jobin Yvon   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

MULTI-KILOHERTZ REPETITION RATES; PULSE ENERGIES; SAPPHIRE AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST MULTIPASS LASER AMPLIFIERS;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 33749423336     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009277     Document Type: Article

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