Pulse compression of differently polarized femtosecond laser after propagation in bulk media

Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 471-475

  Zhu, Yi ^a,b   Chen, Xiaowei ^a,b   Leng, Yuxin ^a   Liu, Jun ^a,b   Lin, Lihuang ^a   Li, Ruxin ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk media; Circularly polarized light; Femtosecond laser pulse compression; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POLARIZATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

BULK MEDIA; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE COMPRESSION; SPECTRUM BROADENING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33646508164     PISSN: 02532239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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