Optical differentiation and multimillijoule ∼150 ps pulse generation in a regenerative amplifier with a temperature-tuned intracavity volume Bragg grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1331-1334

  Okishev, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; NANOSECOND PULSE; PULSE GENERATION; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; SPECTRAL FILTERS; TEMPERATURE TUNED; VOLUME BRAGG GRATING (VBG); VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77949836774     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.001331     Document Type: Article

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