Single-iteration compression of femtosecond laser pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1387-1390

  Thornes, Josh ^a   Poon, Phillip ^a   Anderson, Matthew E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; PROGRAMMABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL; SINGLE ITERATION; SPECTRAL PHASE INTERFEROMETRY; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 10044275411     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001387     Document Type: Article

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