Simple method for the temporal characterization of amplified spontaneous emission in femtosecond terawatt Thsapphire lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 6854-6858

  Cha, Yong Ho ^a   Lee, Yong Woo ^a   Nam, Sung Mo ^a   Han, Jae Min ^a   Rhee, Yong Joo ^a   Yoo, Byung Duk ^a   Lee, Byoung Chul ^a   Jeong, Young Uk ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TEMPORAL CHARACTERIZATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 38149026372     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006854     Document Type: Article

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