4.35 kW peak power femtosecond pulse mode-locked VECSEL for supercontinuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1599-1605

  Wilcox, Keith G ^a   Tropper, Anne C ^a   Beere, Harvey E ^b   Ritchie, David A ^b   Kunert, Bernardette ^c   Heinen, Bernd ^d   Stolz, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAsP III/V GmbH   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

A-CENTER; AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; AVERAGE POWER; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; FS PULSE; GAIN STRUCTURES; MODE-LOCKED; OPTICAL STARK EFFECT; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PEAK POWER; REPETITION RATE; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; SUPER CONTINUUM; VECSEL; VERTICAL EXTERNAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874069902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001599     Document Type: Article

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