Stable long-cavity regenerative amplifier with 10-11 ASE contrast

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007, CLEO 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Easter, J ^a   Hou, B ^a   Power, E ^a   Nees, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FS PULSE; HIGH CONTRAST; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

EID: 82955245713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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