Compact all-fiber high-energy fiber laser with sub-300-fs duration

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 8847-8852

  Liu, X M ^a   Mao, D ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ALL FIBER; CHIRPED PULSE; HIGH ENERGY; LASER OSCILLATORS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77952047094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008847     Document Type: Article

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