Multiple independent comb shaping (MICS): Phase-only generation of optical pulse sequences

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14351-14361

  Pestov, Dmitry ^a   Lozovoy, Vadim V ^a   Dantus, Marcos ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

CROSS-CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS; INTUITIVE PROGRAMMING; LASER SPECTRA; MULTIPULSES; OPTICAL PULSE SEQUENCES; OPTICAL WAVEFORM; PHASE-ONLY; SHAPED PULSE;

OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING;

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

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

EID: 68349127165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014351     Document Type: Article

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