290-fs pulses from a semiconductor disk laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5770-5775

  Klopp, Peter ^a   Saas, Florian ^a   Zorn, Martin ^b   Weyers, Markus ^b   Griebner, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BARRIERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER);

EXTERNAL DISPERSION CONTROL; GRADED GAP BARRIER; SEMICONDUCTOR DISK LASERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 42149095993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005770     Document Type: Article

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