Phase stabilization of sub-two-cycle pulses from prismless octave-spanning Ti:sapphire lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Crespo, H M ^a,b   Birge, J R ^a   Sander, M Y ^a   Falcao Filho E L ^a   Benedick, A ^a   Kartner F X ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAPPHIRE;

CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; NON-INTRUSIVE APPROACH; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; PHASE STABILIZATION; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; TEMPORAL PROFILE; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

LASER MIRRORS;

EID: 51849165681     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.00B147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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