Controlling the carrier-envelope phase of few-cycle focused laser beams with a dispersive beam expander

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 22090-22098

  Zapata Rodríguez, Carlos J ^a   Porras, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS;

BROADBAND MODULATION; CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS; FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; HYBRID DIFFRACTIVE-REFRACTIVE; IMMERSION MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL DISPERSION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 58149117809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.022090     Document Type: Article

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