Parametric spatio-temporal control of focusing laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15808-15820

  Coughlan, Matthew A ^a   Plewicki, Mateusz ^a   Levis, Robert J ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING;

OPTICALLY CONTROLLED; PULSE-FRONT TILT; SPATIAL POSITIONS; SPATIO TEMPORAL; TEMPORAL FOCUSING;

PULSE SHAPING;

EID: 69949095059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015808     Document Type: Article

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