Measurement of transient nonlinear refractive index in gases using xenon supercontinuum single-shot spectral interferometry

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7458-7467

  Chen, Y H ^a   Varma, S ^a   Alexeev, I ^a   Milchberg, H M ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR INDEX; NONLINEAR KERR EFFECTS; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; ULTRAFAST HIGH FIELD PROCESSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 34250178448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007458     Document Type: Article

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