Sub femto-joule sensitive single-shot OPA-XFROG and its application in study of white-light supercontinuum generation

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 574-581

  Zhang, Jing Yuan ^a   Lee, Chao Kuei ^b   Huang, J Y ^b   Pan, Ci Ling ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY AGILITY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LUMINESCENCE; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC PROCESSES; ULTRAFAST MEASUREMENTS; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

GATING AND FEEDING;

EID: 2942737285     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000574     Document Type: Article

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