High-average-power femto-petawatt laser pumped by the mercury laser facility

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Bayramian, Andy ^a   Armstrong, James ^a   Beer, Glenn ^a   Campbell, Rob ^a   Chai, Bruce ^b   Cross, Robert ^a   Erlandson, Alvin ^a   Fei, Yting ^b   Freitas, Barry ^a   Kent, Robert ^a   Menapace, Joseph ^a   Molander, William ^a   Schaffers, Kathleen ^a   Siders, Craig ^a   Sutton, Steve ^a   Tassano, John ^a   Telford, Steve ^a   Ebbers, Christopher ^a   Caird, John ^a   Barty, Christopher ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Crystal Photonics Inc Sanford   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; MERCURY (METAL); NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SAPPHIRE; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFIER; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; MERCURY LASERS; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; PEAK IRRADIANCE; PETAWATT LASER; REPETITION RATE;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 51849126582     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000B57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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