A 158 fs 5.3 nJ fiber-laser system at 1 μm using photonic bandgap fibers for dispersion control and pulse compression

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6063-6068

  Nielsen, C K ^a   Jespersen, K G ^b   Keiding, S R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 85010165915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006063     Document Type: Article

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