Chirped-pulse amplification of laser pulses with dispersive mirrors

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 19204-19212

  Pervak, V ^a   Ahmad, I ^b   Trushin, S A ^b   Major, Zs ^a,b   Apolonski, A ^a   Karsch, S ^a,b   Krausz, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASER MIRRORS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; SAPPHIRE;

CHIRP CONTROL; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; MULTI-LAYER MIRRORS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PULSE DURATIONS; SPATIO TEMPORAL; TI:SAPPHIRE; USER FRIENDLY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 70350292205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019204     Document Type: Article

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