High-dynamic-range temporal measurements of short pulses amplified by OPCPA

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5504-5511

  Bagnoud, V ^a   Zuegel, J D ^b   Forget, N ^c   Le Blanc, C ^c  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED-PULSE-AMPLIFICATION (OPCPA); PICOSECOND SCALE; PULSE ENERGY; SEED PULSE ENERGY;

PULSE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34247892473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005504     Document Type: Article

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