Complete single-shot measurement of arbitrary nanosecond laser pulses in time

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1367-1377

  Bowlan, Pamela ^a,b   Trebino, Rick ^a,b  

^a Swamp Optics LLC   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

AMPLIFIER PULSE; ANGULAR DISPERSIONS; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; REFERENCE PULSE; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78751547085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001367     Document Type: Article

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