Experimental and theoretical demonstration of validity and limitations in fringe-resolved autocorrelation measurements for pulses of few optical cycles

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2762-2773

  Yamane, K ^a   Kito, T ^a   Morita, R ^a   Yamashita, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

FOURIER-TRANSFORM-LIMITED (TL) PULSES; FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING (FROG); FRINGE-RESOLVED AUTOCORRELATION (FRAC) METHODS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 4644316523     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002762     Document Type: Article

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