Generation of 30 fs pulses tunable from 189 to 240 nm with an all-solid-state setup

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2765-2769

  Homann, Christian ^a   Lang, Peter ^a   Riedle, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PUMPING; SAPPHIRE;

ALL-SOLID-STATE; BBO CRYSTALS; CHIRP MANAGEMENT; DEEP UV; FS PULSE; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT PULSE; PUMP ENERGIES; PUMP PULSE; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TI:SAPPHIRE; TUNABILITIES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84867523614     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.002765     Document Type: Article

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