Compensation of pulse-distortion in saturated laser amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17637-17646

  Schimpf, Damian N ^a   Ruchert, Clemens ^a   Nodop, Dirk ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a   Salin, Francois ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b EOUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

DIRECTLY MODULATED LASER DIODES; LASER-MATTER INTERACTIONS; OPTIMUM INPUT; PRE-COMPENSATION; PULSE DISTORTION; SATURATED LASER AMPLIFIER; SATURATION EFFECTS; SHORT-PULSE LASERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 55349138095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017637     Document Type: Article

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