chirped-pulse amplification
nounEtymology From chirp + -ed + pulse + amplification.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Technique for achieving greater amplification of a laser pulse by stretching ("chirping") it, amplifying it, and then compressing it, thereby avoiding damage to amplifier components.
- This progress is made possible by the use of the chirped-pulse amplification technique […]1998, S. Backus et al., “High power ultrafast lasers”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 69, number 3, pages 1207-1223: