Femtosecond pulse imaging: Ultrafast optical oscilloscope

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1159-1170

  Sun, P C ^a   Mazurenko, Y T ^a   Fainman, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000375794     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001159     Document Type: Article

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