Femtosecond passively modelocked diode laser with intracavity dispersion management

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 24316-24324

  Schlauch, Tobias ^a   Balzer, Jan C ^a   Klehr, Andreas ^b   Erbert, Götz ^b   Tränkle, Gönther ^b   Hofmann, Martin R ^a  

^a Photonics and Terahertz Technology Building IC 6 133   (Germany)

^b Ferdidand Braun Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CHIRPED PULSE; DIODE LASERS; DISPERSION MANAGEMENT; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; EXTERNAL-CAVITY DIODE LASER; FEMTOSECONDS; GRATING COMPRESSORS; INTRA-CAVITY DISPERSION; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSE WIDTH; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 78149463569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024316     Document Type: Article

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