Wavelet-transform analysis of spectral shearing interferometry for phase reconstruction of femtosecond optical pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2120-2126

  Deng, Yuqiang ^d   Wu, Zubin ^d   Chai, Lu ^d   Wang, Ching Yue ^d   Yamane, Keisaku ^a   Morita, Ryoji ^a   Yamashita, Mikio ^a   Zhang, Zhigang ^b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATORS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES; PHASE RECONSTRUCTION; PHASE RETRIEVAL; SPECTRAL SHEARING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 17444364884     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002120     Document Type: Article

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