Compact 50W ultrashort pulse fiber laser for precision and high-speed material processing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6453, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Shah, L ^a   Fermann, M E ^a   Dawson, J W ^b   Barty, C P J ^b  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Materials processing; Ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER STRETCHER; MATERIAL PROCESSING; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSE FIBER LASERS;

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MICROMACHINING; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34248374888     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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