Nonlinear chirped-pulse amplification of a solitonsimilariton laser to ~1 μJ at 1550 nm

CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ilbey, E ^a   Pavlov, I ^a,c   Dulgergil E ^b   Oktem B ^a   Yavas, S ^a   Rybak, A ^a,c   Zhang, Z ^a   Ilday, F Ömer ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Meteksan Savunma Inc   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; SOLITONS;

1550 NM; ALL FIBER; AMPLIFIER OUTPUT; CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84890746623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2012.ctu2m.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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