Space-time profiles of shaped ultrafast optical waveforms

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Wefers, Marc M ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; MASK FILTER; PULSE SHAPING; SHAPED ULTRAFAST OPTICAL WAVEFORMS; SPACE TIME PROFILES;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0029756406     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.481933     Document Type: Article

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