Generation of μw level plateau harmonics at high repetition rate

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 19374-19383

  Hadrich S ^a,b   Krebs, M ^a   Rothhardt, J ^a,b   Carstens, H ^a   Demmler, S ^a   Limpert, J ^a,b   Tunnermann A ^a,b,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INFRARED LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

AVERAGE POWER; COHERENT TRANSFER; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; FEW-CYCLE PULSE; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH HARMONICS; HIGH REPETITION RATE; INFRARED LASER LIGHT; LASER SYSTEMS; REPETITION RATE;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80053252441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019374     Document Type: Article

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