Simple and general method to calculate the dispersion properties of complex and aberrated stretchers-compressors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 754-762

  Druon, Frédéric ^a   Hanna, Marc ^a   Lucas Leclin, Gaëlle ^a   Zaouter, Yoann ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Georges, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b AMPLITUDE SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STRETCHERS;

ABCD MATRIX; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES; GENERAL METHOD; NONLINEAR EXTENSION; SPACE-TIME COUPLING;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 62249208091     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000754     Document Type: Article

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