Influence of a half-wave plate-polarizer attenuator on broadband femtosecond laser pulses

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Zhao, Youbo ^a   Jia, Yaqing ^a   Yang, Jianjun ^a   Zhu, Xiaonong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Half wave plate; Optical attenuator; Ultrashort laser pulse

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

HALF-WAVE PLATE; POLARIZER ATTENUATOR; PULSE NARROWING; PULSE SHAPE; SPECTRAL MODULATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34250778950     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2724814     Document Type: Article

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