Precise alignment of a longitudinal Pockels cell for time-resolved circular dichroism experiments

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1780-1787

  Dartigalongue, Thibault ^a   Hache, François ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE ET BIOSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

POCKELS CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 0042922675     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001780     Document Type: Article

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