CEP stable 1.6 cycle laser pulses at 1.8 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6858-6864

  Schmidt, Bruno E ^a,b   Shiner, Andrew D ^b   Lassonde, Philippe ^a   Kieffer, Jean Claude ^a   Corkum, Paul B ^b   Villeneuve, David M ^b   Légaré, François ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SILICA;

CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; HOLLOW CORE FIBER; LINEAR PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; REPETITION RATE; SPECTRAL BROADENING; WHITE LIGHT;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS;

EID: 79953192215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006858     Document Type: Article

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