Crossed-beam spectral interferometry: A simple, high-spectral-resolution method for completely characterizing complex ultrashort pulses in real time

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11892-11900

  Bowlan, Pamela ^a   Gabolde, Pablo ^a   Shreenath, Aparna ^a   McGresham, Kristan ^a   Trebino, Rick ^a   Akturk, Selcuk ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Swamp Optics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SPECTRAL FRINGES; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTRAL PHASE; SPECTROMETER RESOLUTION;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947421351     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011892     Document Type: Article

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