Measurement of photon echoes by use of femtosecond Fourier-transform spectral interferometry

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1104-1106

  Likforman, J P ^a   Joffre, M ^a   Thierry Mieg, V ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTON ECHOES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0031189374     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001104     Document Type: Article

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