Coherence theory of noise in ultrashort-pulse trains

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1441-1450

  Torres Company, Víctor ^a   Lajunen, Hanna ^b,c   Friberg, Ari T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIMING JITTER;

AVERAGE INTENSITY; CROSS-SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION; MUTUAL COHERENCE FUNCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE THEORY; OPTICAL POWER SPECTRUM;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34548265613     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001441     Document Type: Article

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