A femtosecond pulse-shaping apparatus containing microlens arrays for use with pixellated spatial light modulators

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2071-2077

  Mahoney, Keith M ^b,c,d,e,f,g   Weiner, Andrew M ^{a,b,c,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a IEEE

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ohio University ^*

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^f Greeley Hard Copy Division

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Lab Info and Decis Syst at MIT

^j Purdue University   (United States)

^k ULtrafast Phenomena Tech Grp OSA

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE SHAPERS; FOURIER PLANE FILTERING; MICROLENS ARRAYS; PIXELLATED MODULATOR ARRAYS;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 0030414015     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544752     Document Type: Article

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