Effect of third-order dispersion on the phases of solitonlike Cr 4+:YAG-laser pulsescharacterized by the second-harmonic generation frequency-resolved optical gating method

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 388-393

  Tomaru, Tatsuya ^a   Petek, Hrvoje ^a,b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL GATING;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0035584012     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000388     Document Type: Article

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