Spectral resolution and sampling issues in fourier-transform spectral interferometry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1795-1802

  Dorrer, Christophe ^a   Belabas, Nadia ^a   Likforman, Jean Pierre ^a   Joffre, Manuel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAMS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0034369137     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001795     Document Type: Article

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