Generation of 0.5 mJ, few-cycle laser pulses by an adaptive phase modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14448-14455

  Wang, He ^a   Wu, Yi ^a   Li, Chengquan ^a   Mashiko, Hiroki ^a   Gilbertson, Steve ^a   Chang, Zenghu ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION;

FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH PULSE ENERGY; HOLLOW CORE FIBER; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SPECTRAL PHASIS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 51849113375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014448     Document Type: Article

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