Measurement of femtosecond pulse shapes via ionization of air

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-305

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

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

Optical pulse measurements; Phase modulation; Photoionization; Spectral analysis; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

AIR; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; PHASE MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASER PULSE SHAPE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032025145     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686736     Document Type: Article

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