Time-resolved optical gating based on dispersive propagation: A new method to characterize optical pulses

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-144

  Koumans, Roger G M P ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DISPERSIVE PROPAGATION (DP); TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (TROG);

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 0033874841     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.823457     Document Type: Article

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