Optical pulse compression to 5.0 fs by use of only a spatial light modulator for phase compensation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1742-1746

  Karasawa, Naoki ^a,e   Li, Liming ^b   Suguro, Akira ^c   Shigekawa, Hidemi ^d   Morita, Ryuji ^a   Yamashita, Mikio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CITIZEN WATCH CO LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e CHITOSE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

PHASE COMPENSATION;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 0035641923     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001742     Document Type: Article

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