Characterization of the electric field of ultrashort optical pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2453-2463

  Walmsley, Ian A ^a   Wong, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0006370141     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002453     Document Type: Article

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