Polarization and energy stability of filamentation-generated few-cycle pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7083-7090

  Dharmadhikari, A K ^a   Dharmadhikari, J A ^b   Rajgara, F A ^a   Mathur, D ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ENERGY STABILITY; FEW-CYCLE PULSES; HALF-WAVE PLATE; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 43849108730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007083     Document Type: Article

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