Toward single-shot measurement of a broadband ultrafast continuum

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Dongjoo ^a   Gabolde, Pablo ^a   Trebino, Rick ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

CROSS-CORRELATION FREQUENCY; FINE STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; REFERENCE PULSE; SINGLE SHOTS; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; TEMPORAL PHASE; TRANSIENT GRATING;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 50449111061     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000A34     Document Type: Article

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