Relative-phase ambiguities in measurements of ultrashort pulses with well-separated multiple frequency components

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2226-2237

  Keusters, Dorine ^a   Tan, Howe Siang ^a   O'Shea, Patrick ^b   Zeek, Erik ^b   Trebino, Rick ^b   Warren, Warren S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

GATE PULSES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0242269471     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002226     Document Type: Article

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