Ultrafast imaging to measure instantaneous intensity distributions of femtosecond optical pulses propagating in a medium

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1698-1709

  Fujimoto, Masatoshi ^a   Aoshima, Shin ichiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Yutaka ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; Imaging; Instantaneous intensity distribution; Optical Kerr effect; Propagation monitoring

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

OPTICAL PULSES;

ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL FEATURE;

EID: 0036880830     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/13/11/306     Document Type: Article

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