Pulse compression of a high-power thin disk laser using rod-type fiber amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1395-1407

  Saraceno, C J ^a   Heckl, O H ^a   Baer, C R E ^a   Sudmeyer T ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIBERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

FIBER PARAMETERS; PULSE COMPRESSORS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; REPETITION RATE; SELF-FOCUSING; THIN-DISK LASERS; YB-DOPED FIBERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

EID: 78751553167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001395     Document Type: Article

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