Noise sensitivity and accuracy of femtosecond pulse retrieval by phase and intensity from correlation and spectrum only (PICASO)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 330-339

  Nicholson, J W ^a,b   Rudolph, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0013112370     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000330     Document Type: Article

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