Amplitude and phase measurements of femtosecond pulses shaped by use of spectral hole burning in free-base naphthalocyanine-doped films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1555-1558

  Fraigne, Sébastien ^a   Galaup, Jean Pierre ^a   Le Gouët, Jean Louis ^a   Bousquet, Bruno ^b   Canioni, Lionel ^b   Joffre, Manuel ^c   Likforman, Jean Pierre ^d,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE ET BIOSCIENCES   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^e Institut de Physique et de Chimie de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HOLOGRAPHY; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

HOLE BURNING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0042810934     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001555     Document Type: Article

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