Theoretical and experimental spectral phase error analysis for pulsed laser fields

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1292-1299

  Walker, Barry C ^a   Tóth, Csaba ^b   Fittinghoff, David ^b   Guo, Ting ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033419575     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001292     Document Type: Article

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