Structures of interferometric frequency-resolved optical gating

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-296

  Stibenz, Gero ^b,c   Steinmeyer, Günter ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c German Physical Society   (Germany)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency resolved optical gating; Pulse characterization; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (FROG); INTERFEROMETRIC AUTOCORRELATION (IAC); PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; SUPERCONTINUUM COMPRESSION; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33646681199     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.872724     Document Type: Article

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