Spatio-temporal processing of femtosecond laser pulses with thin-film microoptics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5181, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Grunwald, Rüdiger ^a   Kebbel, Volker ^b   Neumann, Uwe ^a   Griebner, Uwe ^a   Piché, Michel ^c  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femtosecond lasers; Few cycles; Localized wavepackets; Matrix processor; Microaxicon arrays; Spatio temporal shaping; Ultrafast optical processing; Wavefront sensing; X waves

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; MATRIX PROCESSORS; WAVEFRONT SENSING; X-WAVES;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 2342481224     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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