Interferometric frequency-resolved optical gating

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2617-2626

  Stibenz, Gero ^a   Steinmeyer, Günter ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE MODULATION;

COLLINEAR INTERFEROMETRY; FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GRATINGS (FROG); MODULATION COMPONENTS; WHITE-LIGHT CONTINUUM;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 21244490851     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002617     Document Type: Article

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