Ultra-wide parametric amplification at 800 nm toward octave spanning

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5153-5162

  Aguergaray, C ^a   Schmidt, O ^b   Rothhardt, J ^b   Schimpf, D ^b   Descamps, D ^a   Petit, S ^a   JLimpert, ^b   Cormier, E ^a  

^a CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

COLLINEAR CONFIGURATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; SUPER CONTINUUM; ULTRA-WIDE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249180648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005153     Document Type: Article

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