Generation and characterization of phase and amplitude shaped femtosecond mid-IR pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 13120-13130

  Shim, Sang Hee ^a   Strasfeld, David B ^a   Zanni, Martin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BANDWIDTH; ENERGY CONVERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC POWER; DEFLECTION EFFICIENCY; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 33845751002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.013120     Document Type: Article

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