Diffraction and aberration analysis of a pulseshaper for a Gaussian beam

Optics Communications

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Gouvêa, Paula M P ^a   Hansen, Eric W ^a   Österberg, Ulf L ^a   Healy, Dennis ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

FRESNEL APPROXIMATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GRATING PULSESHAPERS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0031998057     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00643-3     Document Type: Article

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