Frontiers in ultrashort pulse generation: Pushing the limits in linear and nonlinear optics

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5444, 1999, Pages 1507-1512

  Steinmeyer, G ^a   Sutter, D H ^a   Gallmann, L ^a   Matuschek, N ^a   Keller, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MODULATION; OPTICS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0033584797     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1507     Document Type: Review

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64. We thank T. Kobayashi (University of Tokyo), A. Baltuska (University of Groningen), and M. Nisoli (Politecnico Milano) for providing the data in Fig. 2, A, B, and C, respectively. We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Swiss National Science Foundation.