Direct detection of ultrafast thermal transients by use of a chirped, supercontinuum white-light pulse

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1105-1107

  Richardson, C J K ^a,c   Spicer, J B ^a   Huber, R D ^b   Lee, H W H ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONTINUUM OPTICAL PULSES;

CORRELATION METHODS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0001297377     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001105     Document Type: Article

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