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Design of a Multi-terawatt Field Synthesizer (LWS-pro)

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Near 1ps-pulse-pumped OPCPA offers several advantages over both long-pulse-driven OPCPA and conventional CPA implemented in solid-state laser amplifiers.

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    This chapter is adapted from (Fattahi et al. 2014a).

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Fattahi, H. (2016). Design of a Multi-terawatt Field Synthesizer (LWS-pro). In: Third-Generation Femtosecond Technology. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20025-5_6

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