Carrier-envelope phase stable, few-optical-cycle pulses tunable from visible to near IR

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cirmi, G ^a   Manzoni, C ^a   Brida, D ^a   De Silvestri, S ^a   Cerullo, Giulio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE;

AMPLIFICATION SCHEME; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; NONCOLLINEAR; OPTICAL CYCLES; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (OPA); TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; WHITE-LIGHT GENERATION;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 51849100903     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000B62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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