Generation of 8.5-fs pulses at 1.3 μm for ultrabroadband pump-probe spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12510-12515

  Brida, Daniele ^a,b   Bonora, Stefano ^b,c   Manzoni, Cristian ^a,b   Marangoni, Marco ^a   Villoresi, Paolo ^c   De Silvestri, Sandro ^a,b   Cerullo, Giulio ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PROBES;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; PERIODICALLY POLED; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRAL COVERAGE; STOICHIOMETRIC LITHIUM TANTALATES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ULTRA-BROADBAND; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 67749108264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012510     Document Type: Article

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