Adaptive pulse shaping of phase and amplitude of an amplified femtosecond pulse laser by direct reference to frequency-resolved optical gating traces

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2781-2790

  Ohno, Kimihisa ^a   Tanabe, Takasumi ^a   Kannari, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFICATION;

SIGNAL INTENSITY;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0141788009     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002781     Document Type: Article

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