Characterizing the nonlinear propagation of femtosecond pulses in bulk media

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 306-315

  Diddams, Scott A ^b   Eaton, Hilary K ^b   Zozulya, Alex A ^c,d   Clement, Tracy S ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado   (United States)

^d WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

OPTICAL GATING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032026225     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.686737     Document Type: Article

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