Ultraviolet polarization pulse shaping using sum-frequency generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1146-1151

  Seidel, Marco Thomas ^a   Zhang, Zhengyang ^a   Yan, Suxia ^a   Tan, Howe Siang ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE STABILITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

BIREFRINGENT MATERIALS; COMMON-PATH; INTERFEROMETRIC PHASE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL METHODS; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PULSE TRAIN; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PULSE PROFILE; PULSE-SHAPING; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION; ULTRA-VIOLET;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 79959188736     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001146     Document Type: Article

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