Characterization of ultrashort pulses by a modified grating-eliminated no-nonsense observation of ultrafast incident laser light E fields (GRENOUILLE) method

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3377-3382

  Heisler, Ismael A ^a   Correia, Ricardo R B ^a   Cunha, Silvio L S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL GATING; PULSE FRONT; PULSE GENERATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 20544469252     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003377     Document Type: Article

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