Measurement of the ultrafast polarization dynamics of weak four-wave mixing signals by dual-channel femtosecond spectral interferometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1218-1223

  Buccafusca, O ^a   Chen, X ^a   Walecki, Wojciech J ^a   Smirl, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0032359767     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001218     Document Type: Article

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