Nonlinear compression of Q-Switched laser pulses to the realm of ultrashort durations

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3758-3764

  Steinmetz, Alexander ^a   Eidam, Tino ^a   Nodop, Dirk ^a   Limpert, Jens ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LASERS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; Q SWITCHING;

GRATING COMPRESSORS; MICROCHIP LASERS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; NONLINEAR COMPRESSION; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASERS; PICOSECONDS; PULSE ENERGIES; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRA-FAST;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 79951592102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003758     Document Type: Article

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