Heterodyne detection of the complete electric field of femtosecond four-wave mixing signals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2338-2345

  Gallagher, Sarah M ^a   Albrecht, Allison W ^a   Hybl, John D ^a   Landin, Brett L ^a   Rajaram, Bhavani ^a   Jonas, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0032376985     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002338     Document Type: Article

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