A higher-order-mode fiber delivery for Ti:Sapphire femtosecond lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7798-7806

  Jespersen, Kim G ^a   Le, Tuan ^b   Grüner Nielsen, Lars ^a   Jakobsen, Dan ^a   Pederesen, Martin E V ^c   Smedemand, Mikkel B ^c   Keiding, Søren R ^c   Palsdottir, Bera ^a  

^a OFS   (Denmark)

^b FEMTOLASERS PRODUKTIONS GMBH   (Austria)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBERS; SAPPHIRE; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; FIBER DELIVERY; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INPUT PULSE; LASER OUTPUT; SOLID SILICA; TI:SAPPHIRE FEMTOSECOND LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 77950896167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007798     Document Type: Article

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