Multi-millijoule, diode-pumped, cryogenically-cooled Yb:KY(WO 4)2 chirped-pulse regenerative amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8598-8602

  Ogawa, K ^a,b   Akahane, Y ^a   Aoyama, M ^a   Tsuji, K ^a   Tokita, S ^b   Kawanaka, J ^b   Nishioka, H ^c   Yamakawa, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; CRYOGENICS; DIODES; LASER PULSES;

CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION; REGENERATIVE PULSE SHAPING;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34547234159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008598     Document Type: Article

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