High-repetition-rate optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier producing 1-μJ, sub-100-fs pulses in the mid-infrared

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1340-1345

  Erny, C ^a   Heese, C ^a   Haag, M ^a   Gallmann, L ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS;

DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; DIODE PUMPED SOLID STATE LASER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; LASER AMPLIFIERS; MID-INFRARED PULSE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFIERS; REPETITION RATE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 59749085580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001340     Document Type: Article

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