High-dispersive mirrors for femtosecond lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10220-10233

  Pervak, V ^a   Teisset, C ^b   Sugita, A ^b   Naumov, S ^b   Krausz, F ^a,b   Apolonski, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; GROUP DELAY; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATORS; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; HIGH DISPERSION; HIGHER ORDER DISPERSION; MULTI-LAYER MIRRORS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 47249117106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010220     Document Type: Article

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