Ultra-short pulse propagation in complex optical systems

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3852-3861

  Fuchs, Ulrike ^a   Zeitner, Uwe D ^a   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEGRATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPLEX OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PUPIL ABERRATIONS; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE PROPAGATION; WAVE OPTICAL PROPAGATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 21244456846     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003852     Document Type: Article

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