Minimization of the impact of a broad bandwidth high-gain nonlinear preamplifier to the amplified spontaneous emission pedestal of the Vulcan petawatt laser facility

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 6978-6983

  Musgrave, I O ^a   Hernandez Gomez, C ^a   Canny, D ^a   Collier, J ^a   Heathcote, R ^a  

^a Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL GAIN; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (OPCPA; PREAMPLIFICATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 38149049273     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006978     Document Type: Article

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