Let there be white light: Supercontinuum generation by ultrashort laser pulses

Physics-Uspekhi

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-628

  Zheltikov, A M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MULTIPLEX LIGHT SOURCES FOR; OPTICAL METROLOGY; PHASE PARAMETERS; WHITE LIGHT;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33750407541     PISSN: 10637869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/PU2006v049n06ABEH005975     Document Type: Review

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