MW ps pulse generation at sub-MHz repetition rates from a phase conjugate Nd:YVQ4 bounce amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9123-9128

  Nawata, Kouji ^a   Okida, Masahito ^a   Furuki, Kenji ^a   Omatsu, Takashige ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; MODULATORS; NEODYMIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BOUNCE AMPLIFIERS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-REPETITION-RATE; OUTPUT POWERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 34547401700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009123     Document Type: Article

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