Preservation of the carrier envelope phase during cross-polarized wave generation

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22358-22365

  Osvay, K ^a,b   Canova, L ^c   Durfee, C ^d   Kovacs A P ^a   Borzsonyi A ^a   Albert, O ^c   Martens, R Lopez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

CARRIER-ENVELOPE PHASE; CROSS-POLARIZED; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; LASER SHOTS; MATERIAL DISPERSIONS; RELATIVE PHASE; THEORETICAL VALUES;

OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 72049099876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022358     Document Type: Article

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