A generalized analysis of femtosecond laser pulse broadening after angular dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 237-247

  Li, Derong ^a   Lv, Xiaohua ^a   Zeng, Shaoqun ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANGULAR DISPERSION; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; RAYLEIGH LENGTH;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 38049158066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000237     Document Type: Article

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