Pulse-front matching of ultrabroadband near-infrared Noncollinear optical parametric amplified pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 965-972

  Isaienko, Oleksandr ^a   Borguet, Eric ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; FUSED SILICA; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PRISMS; PULSE TIME MODULATION;

AMPLIFIED SIGNALS; ANGULAR DISPERSIONS; MISMATCH CORRECTION; NONCOLLINEAR OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PULSE FRONT MATCHING; PULSE-FRONT TILT; SUBPICOSECOND PULSE; ULTRA-BROADBAND;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 67649285984     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000965     Document Type: Article

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