Prism-based pulse shaper for octave spanning spectra

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1552-1557

  Binhammer, Thomas ^a   Rittweger, Eva ^a,b   Ell, Richard ^c,d   Kärtner, Franz X ^d   Morgner, Uwe ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Nanolayers GmbH   (Germany)

^d USA   (United States)

^e INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirp compensation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Spatial light modulators; Ultrabroad spectrum

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MIRRORS; PRISMS;

CHIRP COMPENSATION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; ULTRABROAD SPECTRUM;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 29244440183     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.858781     Document Type: Article

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