Femtosecond pulse shaping for synthesis, processing, and time-to-space conversion of ultrafast optical waveforms

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-331

  Weiner, Andrew M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Kan'an, Ayman M ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Fannie and John Hertz Foundation   (United States)

^e TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f Purdue University   (United States)

^g Sch of Elec and Comp Engineering   (United States)

^h Optical Society of America ^*  (United States)

ⁱ OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Holography; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse measurements; Optical pulse shaping; Second harmonic generation; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; HOLOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032023181     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686738     Document Type: Article

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