Rapid measurement of ultrashort-pulse amplitude and phase from a two-photon absorption sonogram trace

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1377-1382

  Cormack, I G ^a   Sibbett, W ^a   Reid, D T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SONOGRAMS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0035642266     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001377     Document Type: Article

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