Nonlinear compression in a rod-type fiber for high energy ultrashort pulse generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 11155-11160

  Martial, Igor ^a   Papadopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Hanna, Marc ^a   Druon, Frédéric ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; HIGH ENERGY PULSE; HIGH ENERGY ULTRASHORT PULSE; LARGE MODE AREA; NONLINEAR COMPRESSION; PEAK POWER PULSE; ROD-TYPE FIBERS; TEMPORAL QUALITY;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

GLASS FIBER;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67649265076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011155     Document Type: Article

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