High dynamic range contrast measurements by use of an optical parametric amplifier correlator

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2273-2275

  Divall, Edwin J ^a   Ross, Ian N ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR CORRELATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (OPA);

COMPUTER CONTROL; CRYSTALS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PLASMAS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 6444226005     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.002273     Document Type: Article

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