High energy ultrashort pulses via hollow fiber compression of a fiber chirped pulse amplification system

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3913-3922

  Hadrich S ^a   Rothhardt, J ^a   Eidam, T ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Tunnermann A ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; FIBERS; INERT GASES; PHASE MODULATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY ULTRASHORT PULSE; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGH REPETITION RATE; NONLINEAR COMPRESSION; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; PULSE COMPRESSORS; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 61549100613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003913     Document Type: Article

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