Quantitative investigation of the multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan method for simultaneous phase measurement and compensation of femtosecond laser pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 750-759

  Xu, Bingwei ^a   Gunn, Jess M ^a   Dela Cruz, Johanna M ^a   Lozovoy, Vadim V ^a   Dantus, Marcos ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; GROUP-VELOCITY DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; MULTIPHOTON INTRAPULSE INTERFERENCE PHASE SCAN;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 33744810860     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000750     Document Type: Article

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