All-fiber ytterbium femtosecond laser without dispersion compensation

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19562-19567

  Schultz, Michael ^a   Karow, Heike ^a   Prochnow, Oliver ^a   Wandt, Dieter ^a   Morgner, Uwe ^a,b   Kracht, Dietmar ^a  

^a LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; MODULATION; YTTERBIUM;

ALL NORMAL DISPERSIONS; FEMTOSECONDS; MODELOCKING; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION EVOLUTION; OUTPUT PULSE; PULSE ENERGIES; SPECTRAL FILTERS; YTTERBIUM LASERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 56749165130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019562     Document Type: Article

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