Reconstruction of the time profile of femtosecond laser pulses through cross-phase modulation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-300

  Lange, H Rüdiger ^a,b,c   Franco, Michel A ^a   Ripoche, Jean François ^a,c,d   Prade, Bernard S ^a   Rousseau, Pascal ^a   Mysyrowicz, André ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Optical Kerr effect; Optical pulse measurements; Phase modulation; Spectral analysis; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHASE MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032023274     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686735     Document Type: Article

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