Low misalignment sensitivity Kerr-Lens mode-locked femtosecond Cr4+:Forsterite laser for nonlinear microscopy

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1569-1574

  Agnesi, Antonio ^a   Guandalini, Annalisa ^a   Lucca, Andrea ^a   Reali, Giancarlo ^a   Tomaselli, Alessandra ^a   Vacchi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LASER RESONATORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FEMTOSECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FORSTERITE LASER; KERR LENS MODE LOCKING; MIRROR CAVITY; MISALIGNMENT SENSITIVITY; SCANNING NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 7444232705     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.835722     Document Type: Article

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