Solitary pulse shaping dynamics in cavity-dumped laser oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3397-3407

  Killi, Alexander ^a   Morgner, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CAVITY DUMPING; LASER OSCILLATORS; PULSE SHAPING DYNAMICS; SOLITARY PULSES;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 4644286710     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003397     Document Type: Article

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