Single shot amplitude and phase characterization of optical arbitrary waveforms

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14434-14443

  Supradeepa, V R ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; INTERFEROMETRY;

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM; LINE-BY-LINE PULSE SHAPING; PHASE CHARACTERIZATION; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WAVEFORM SYNTHESIS;

PULSE SHAPING;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 68349152586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014434     Document Type: Article

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