Adaptive shaping of femtosecond polarization profiles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 878-883

  Brixner, T ^a   Damrauer, N H ^a   Krampert, G ^a   Niklaus, P ^a   Gerber, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LASER PULSES; MODULATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ADAPTIVE SHAPING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037783370     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000878     Document Type: Article

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