Femtosecond continuum interferometer for transient phase and transmission spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 496-513

  Tokunaga, E ^a,c   Terasaki, A ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0030558989     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000496     Document Type: Article

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