Generation and amplification of 350 fs, 2 μm pulses in Tm:fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7914, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sims, R Andrew ^a   Kadwani, Pankaj ^a   Shah, Lawrence ^a   Richardson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION MEASUREMENT; BANDWIDTH LIMITED PULSE; EYE-SAFE LASERS; FEMTOSECONDS; FIBER COUPLED; FREE SPACE; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MODE-LOCKED; MODELOCKING; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; REPETITION RATE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SILICA FIBERS; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH;

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; CARBON FIBERS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SILICA; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLITONS; THULIUM;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 79955839380     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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