Analysis of replica pulses in femtosecond pulse shaping with pixelated devices

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1314-1328

  Vaughan, Joshua C ^a   Feurer, T ^a   Stone, Katherine W ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE; PIXEL GAPS; PIXELATED DEVICES; WAVEFORM DISTORTIONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 32644440373     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001314     Document Type: Article

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