Design of a Femtosecond Ti:sapphire Laser for Generation and Temporal Optimization of 0.5-PW Laser Pulses at a 0.1-Hz Repetition Rate
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Sung, Jae-Hee
(Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST)
Yu, Tae-Jun (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) Lee, Seong-Ku (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) Jeong, Tae-Moon (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) Choi, Il-Woo (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) Ko, Do-Kyeong (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) Lee, Jong-Min (Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology & Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), GIST) |
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