4f coherent imager system and its application to nonlinear optical measurements

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Cherukulappurath, Sudhir ^a   Boudebs, Georges ^a   Monteil, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; FOURIER OPTICS; GLASS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES; COHERENT IMAGER SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1342329238     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000273     Document Type: Article

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