CPA-free femtosecond thin disk Yb:KYW regenerative amplifier with high repetition rate

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-236

  Beyertt, Angelika ^a   Müller, Daniel ^a   Nickel, Detlef ^a   Giesen, Adolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; MIRRORS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION; LASER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE ENERGIES; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 8744230693     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/assp.2004.231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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