50-mJ macro-pulses at 1064 nm from a diodepumped picosecond laser system

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20316-20321

  Agnesi, A ^a   Carra L ^a   Dallocchio, P ^a   Pirzio, F ^a   Reali, G ^a   Lodo, S ^b   Piccinno, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Bright Solutions Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

1064 NM; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; AMPLIFIER MODULES; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; DIODE-PUMPED; DISTORTION COMPENSATION; HIGH ENERGY; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LOW THRESHOLDS; MIDINFRARED; MODE-LOCKED; NONLINEAR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OUTPUT BEAM; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PEAK POWER; PICOSECOND LASER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE-PULSE;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 80053997837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020316     Document Type: Article

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