Characterization of Arbitrary Femtosecond Pulses Using Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 571-579

  Kane, Daniel J ^a   Trebino, Rick ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FREQUENCY RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING; ULTRASHORT LIGHT PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0027543501     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.199311     Document Type: Article

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