Programmable optical pulse burst manipulation using a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) based Fourier transform pulse shaper

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3916-3923

  Lee, Ghang Ho ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Spatial disperser; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; SPATIAL DISPERSER; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 30344453351     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.857739     Document Type: Article

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