130-W picosecond green laser based on a frequency-doubled hybrid cryogenic Yb:YAG amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16911-16919

  Hong, Kyung Han ^a   Lai, Chien Jen ^a   Siddiqui, Aleem ^a   Kärtner, Franz X ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYOGENICS; EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHASE MATCHING; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; YTTERBIUM;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; CRYOGENIC YB:YAG; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; LITHIUM TRIBORATE CRYSTAL; PICO-SECOND PULSE; SECOND HARMONIC EFFICIENCY; SECOND HARMONICS; SECOND-HARMONIC POWER;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 70349206002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016911     Document Type: Article

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