Power optimization of XUV frequency combs for spectroscopy applications [Invited]

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23483-23493

  Yost, D C ^a   Cingoz A ^a   T K Allison, ^a   Ruehl, A ^b,c   Fermann, M E ^b   Hartl, I ^b   Ye, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; FREQUENCY COMBS; HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION; INTRACAVITIES; NON-LINEARITY; POWER OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 80755169425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023483     Document Type: Article

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