Generation of few-cycle pulses directly from a MHz-NOPA

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10627-10630

  Steinmann, Andy ^a   Killi, Alexander ^a   Palmer, Guido ^a   Binhammer, Thomas ^a   Morgner, Uwe ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; YTTERBIUM;

CAVITY PUMPING; MICROJOULE PULSES; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (NOPA);

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33750686267     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010627     Document Type: Article

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