Pulse shaping with the Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2468-2478

  Rundquist, Andy ^a   Efimov, Anatoly ^b,c   Reitze, David H ^b  

^a HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION;

PULSE SHAPING;

OPTICS;

EID: 0141787088     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002468     Document Type: Article

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