Direct interferometric techniques for characterizing ultrashort optical pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Iaconis, C ^a,b   Wong, V ^a,c   Walmsley, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser measurements; Measurement; Pulse characterization; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032024453     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686734     Document Type: Article

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