Spectral phase transfer for indirect phase control of sub-20-fs deep UV pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6345-6353

  Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Nabekawa, Yasuo ^b   Obara, Minoru ^a   Midorikawa, Kalsumi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; MIXING; PHASE CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BROAD SPECTRUM; FOURIER LIMIT; SHAPED SPECTRAL PHASE; SPECTRAL PHASES;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 24144465694     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006345     Document Type: Review

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