High-temporal contrast using low-gain optical parametric amplification

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2273-2275

  Shah, Rahul C ^a   Johnson, Randall P ^a   Shimada, Tsutomu ^a   Flippo, Kirk A ^a   Fernandez, Juan C ^a   Hegelich, B M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

1053 NM; FS PULSE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; TEMPORAL CONTRAST;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 67649415466     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.002273     Document Type: Article

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