Diffractive optics for quasi-direct space-to-time pulse shaping

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16993-16998

  Mínguez Vega, Gladys ^a   Mendoza Yero, Omel ^a   Lancis, Jesús ^a   Gisbert, Rafael ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES;

CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; DIFFRACTIVE LENS; FEMTOSECOND REGIMES; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; RADIAL COORDINATES; SPACE-TO-TIME CONVERSIONS; SPATIAL POSITIONS; TEMPORAL POSITION;

PULSE SHAPING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 54249140046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016993     Document Type: Article

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