Programmable polarization-independent spectral phase compensation and pulse shaping

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1763-1769

  Nelson, R D ^a   Leaird, D E ^a   Weiner, A M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; DOUBLE LAYER LIQUID CRYSTAL; FIBRE OPTICS; PULSE SHAPING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 2342563494     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001763     Document Type: Article

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