Spectral line-by-line pulse shaping for optical arbitrary pulse-train generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2124-2128

  Jiang, Zhi ^a   Huang, Chen Bin ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

PULSE TRAIN; SPECTRAL LINE-BY-LINE PULSE SHAPING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 36048940506     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002124     Document Type: Article

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