Single-frame measurement of the complete spatiotemporal intensity and phase of ultrashort laser pulses using wavelength-multiplexed digital holography

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Gabolde, Pablo ^a   Trebino, Rick ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASER PULSES; LASER RECORDING; MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

CURRENT LIMITATION; DIGITAL HOLOGRAMS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATINGS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SINGLE FRAMES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 50449104837     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000A25     Document Type: Article

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