Aberrations in temporal imaging

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-32

  Bennett, Corey V ^a,b   Kolner, Brian H ^c  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHASE MODULATION;

DISPERSIVE PROPAGATION; TEMPORAL IMAGING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035124695     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.892720     Document Type: Article

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