1.1 Petawatt hybrid, OPCPA-Nd: Glass laser demonstrated

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gaul, Erhard ^a   Martinez, Mikael ^a   Blakeney, Joel ^a   Jochmann, Axel ^a   Ringuette, Martin ^a   Hammond, Douglas ^a   Escamilla, Ramiro ^a   Henderson, Watson ^a   Douglas, Skyler ^a   Ditmire, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; GLASS LASERS; LASER OPTICS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ND: GLASS LASERS; ND:GLASS AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION; PETAWATT; PETAWATT LASER;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 85088721430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/fio.2008.fwx3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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