High-dispersive mirrors for high power applications

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4503-4508

  Pervak, V ^a,b   Pronin, O ^c   Razskazovskaya, O ^c   Brons, J ^a   Angelov, I B ^c   Trubetskov, M K ^d   Tikhonravov, A V ^d   Krausz, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ULTRAFAST INNOVATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAY; LASER ACCESSORIES; MIRRORS; YTTERBIUM;

AVERAGE POWER; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; INTRACAVITIES; MODE-LOCKED; RECORD VALUES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84857260527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004503     Document Type: Article

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