Multipulse interferometric frequency-resolved optical gating

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 432-440

  Siders, Craig W ^a,b   Siders, Jennifer L W ^a,c,d,e,f   Omenetto, Fiorenzo G ^a,e,g,h   Taylor, Antoinette J ^a,e,i  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f Grossmont College   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; PLASMAS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (FROG); PUMP-PROBE COHERENT SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0032659831     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.753648     Document Type: Article

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