Temporal effects in ultrashort pulsed beams focused by planar diffracting elements

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2335-2341

  Zapata Rodríguez, Carlos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASER BEAMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FRESNEL ZONE PLATE; PLANAR DIFFRACTING ELEMENTS; ULTRASHORT PULSED BEAMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33750584385     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002335     Document Type: Article

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