Real-time measurement of ultrashort laser pulses using principal component generalized projections

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-284

  Kane, Daniel J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical pulse measurements; Optical signal processing; Signal processing; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LASER PULSE MEASUREMENT;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032025144     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686733     Document Type: Article

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