High-repetition-rate picosecond pump laser based on an Yb:YAG disk amplifier for optical parametric amplification

Advanced Solid-State Photonics, ASSP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Metzger, Thomas ^a   Teisset, Catherine Y ^a   Krausz, Ferenc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER); YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

HIGH REPETITION RATE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PICOSECONDS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMP LASER; REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER; REPETITION RATE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84884345330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2008.tua2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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