An optical differentiator based on a regenerative amplifier with an intracavity tunable volume Bragg grating filter

Advanced Solid-State Photonics, ASSP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Okishev, A V ^a   Smirnov, V I ^b   Glebov, L B ^c   Zuegel, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b OptiGrate Corp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES;

INTRACAVITIES; ITS APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL DIFFERENTIATOR; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; SPECTRAL FILTERS; TEMPERATURE TUNED; TEMPORAL CONTRAST; VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84884297733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2008.we32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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