Estimating intensity fluctuations in high repetition rate pulse trains generated using the temporal Talbot effect

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 658-660

  Pudo, Dominik ^a   Chen, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optical pulse generation; Pulse repetition rate multiplication (PRRM); Temporal Talbot effect

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

HIGH REPETITION RATE PULSE TRAINS; INPUT PULSE SHAPE; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PEAK INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE MULTIPLICATION (PRRM); TEMPORAL TALBOT EFFECT;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 33144463530     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.870085     Document Type: Article

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