Pulse shape measurements using differential optical gating of a picosecond free electron laser source with an unsynchronized femtosecond Ti:sapphire gate

Optics Communications

Volumn 157, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 335-342

  Rella, C W ^a,b   Knippels, G M H ^a,c   Palanker, D V ^a   Schwettman, H A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optical gating; Photo induced absorption; Sum frequency generation; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL GATING; MID-INFRARED FREE ELECTRON LASERS; PHOTO-INDUCED PLASMA ABSORPTION; PULSE SHAPE MEASUREMENT;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0032304076     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00504-5     Document Type: Article

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