High-power femtosecond infrared laser source based on noncollinear optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 813-818

  Kraemer, Darren ^a   Cowan, Michael L ^a   Hua, Renzhong ^a   Franjic, Kresimir ^a   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MATCHING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

NONCOLLINEAR GEOMETRY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 34248402497     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000813     Document Type: Article

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