A new method for rapid temporal scanning of ultrafast lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 605-620

  Sucha, Gregg ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Fermann, Martin E ^a,b,g,h,i,j   Harter, Donald J ^a   Hofer, Martin ^b  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g IMRA America

^h OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; SCANNING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MULTIPLE PULSE CROSS CORRELATIONS; SCANNING TEMPORAL ULTRAFAST DELAY (STUD);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030230113     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571759     Document Type: Article

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