Iterative fourier transform algorithm for phase-only pulse shaping

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 191-199

  Hacker, M ^a   Stobrawa, G ^a   Feurer, T ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT MODULATORS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ITERATIVE FOURIER TRANSFORM ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATION AND ANALYSIS; PULSE SHAPING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0009437463     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000191     Document Type: Article

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