Direct amplification of terawatt sub-10-fs pulses in a CPA system of Ti:sapphire laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 13431-13438

  Amani Eilanlou, A ^a,b,c   Nabekawa, Yasuo ^a   Ishikawa, Kenichi L ^a,c   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Midorikawa, Katsumi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; MIRRORS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SAPPHIRE;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; DIRECT AMPLIFICATION; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SPECTRAL NARROWING; TERAWATT; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; TITANIUM;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TITANIUM;

EID: 50049122960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013431     Document Type: Article

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