Single-shot spatiotemporal measurements of ultrashort THz waveforms using temporal electric-field cross correlation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Matlis, N H ^a   Plateau, G R ^a,b   Van Tilborg, J ^a   Leemans, W P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; METADATA; PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON BUNCH; ELECTROOPTIC SAMPLING; INTERFEROGRAMS; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; LINEAR SPECTRAL; OPTICAL PROBE; PROBE PULSE; REFERENCE DATA; SINGLE-SHOT; SPATIOTEMPORAL COUPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL FIELDS; SPATIOTEMPORAL MEASUREMENT; THZ PULSE; ULTRAFAST DIAGNOSTICS; WAVE FORMS;

PROBES;

EID: 78650916395     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000023     Document Type: Article

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