Mid infrared pulse shaping by optical parametric amplification and its application to optical free induction decay measurement

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1021-1028

  Tan, Howe Siang ^a   Warren, Warren S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

FEMTOSECOND LASERS; OPTICAL FREE INDUCTION DECAY (OFID); PARAMETERIC TRANSFER; PULSE SHAPING;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 2942731476     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001021     Document Type: Article

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