Towards versatile coherent pulse synthesis using femtosecond laser and optical parametric oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1616-1622

  Gale, B J S ^a   Sun, J H ^a   Reid, D T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE MATCHING; PUMPING (LASER);

COHERENCE TIMES; COHERENT PULSE SYNTHESIS; MULTI-COLOUR PULSES;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AMPLIFIERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OSCILLOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 39049166935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001616     Document Type: Article

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