Femtosecond pulse shaping in the mid infrared by difference-frequency mixing

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-471

  Witte, T ^a   Kompa, K L ^a   Motzkus, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INFRARED RADIATION; MIRRORS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY MIXING; FEMTOSECOND PULSE SHAPING; FREQUENCY RESOLVED OPTICAL GRATING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0038722721     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1118-6     Document Type: Article

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