Ultra-high intensity- 300-TW laser at 0.1 Hz repetition rate

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 2109-2114

  Yanovsky, V ^a   Chvykov, V ^a   Kalinchenko, G ^a   Rousseau, P ^a   Planchon, T ^a,c   Matsuoka, T ^a   Maksimchuk, A ^a   Nees, J ^a   Cheriaux, G ^b   Mourou, G ^b   Krushelnick, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; SAPPHIRE; TITANIUM;

BOOSTER AMPLIFYING STAGE; REPETITION RATE; SAPPHIRE LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPLIFIERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LENSES;

EID: 39049091310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002109     Document Type: Article

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