Measuring optical frequencies in the 0-40THz range with non-synchronized electro-optic sampling

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 577-580

  Gaal, P ^a   Raschke, M B ^a,b   Reimann, K ^a   Woerner, M ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROOPTIC SAMPLING; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH-PRECISION SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PROBES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EID: 34848851254     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.170     Document Type: Article

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