Generation of 4.3 fs, 1 mJ laser pulses via compression of circularly polarized pulses in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1588-1590

  Chen, Xiaowei ^a   Jullien, Aurélie ^a   Malvache, Arnaud ^a   Canova, Lorenzo ^a   Borot, Antonin ^a   Trisorio, Alexandre ^a   Durfee, Charles G ^b   Lopez Martens, Rodrigo ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; LASER PULSES;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER PULSE; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; HOLLOW CORE FIBER; HOLLOW FIBER; LINEARLY POLARIZED LASERS; OUTPUT SPECTRAL;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 66349138717     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.001588     Document Type: Article

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