High-power ultrashort-pulse fiber amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 552-558

  Shah, Lawrence ^a   Fermann, Martin ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Laser materials processing applications; Optical fiber; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

BEAM QUALITY; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HIGH PULSE ENERGY; LASER SYSTEMS; THERMAL LENSING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250731325     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.896096     Document Type: Article

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