Amplitude and phase characterization of weak blue ultrashort pulses by downconversion

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 569-571

  Linden, S ^a   Kuhl, J ^a   Giessen, H ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CROSS-CORRELATION FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (XFROG); PHASE-RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032613693     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000569     Document Type: Article

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