Linear characterization of optical pulses with durations ranging from the picosecond to the nanosecond regime using ultrafast photonic differentiation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4623-4633

  Li, Fangxin ^a   Park, Yonngwoo ^a   Azana, José ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber optics components; Linear pulse characterization; Temporal phase reconstruction; Ultrashort optical pulses

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATORS; FIBER OPTICS COMPONENTS; LINEAR CHARACTERIZATION; LINEAR PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; LINEAR TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; PHASE SENSITIVITY; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PICOSECOND REGIME; PICOSECONDS; TEMPORAL PHASE; TEMPORAL PHASE RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPORAL PROFILE; TEST EQUIPMENTS; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRA-FAST PHOTONICS; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSE; ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSES;

LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REPAIR; STRETCHERS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349433719     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026184     Document Type: Article

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