New Yb-doped crystals for high-power and ultrashort lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6400, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Druon, F ^a   Boudeile, J ^a   Zaouter, Y ^a   Hanna, M ^a   Balembois, F ^a   Georges, P ^a   Petit, J ^b   Golner, P ^b   Viana, B ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; YTTERBIUM;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUE; LASER CRYSTALS; TITANIUM SAPPHIRE CRYSTALS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33846297352     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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