Wavefront retrieval of amplified femtosecond beams by second-harmonic generation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 22851-22862

  Borrego Varillas, Rocío ^a   Romero, Carolina ^a   De Aldana, Javier R Vázquez ^a   Bueno, Juan M ^b   Roso, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE LÁSERES PULSADOS CLPU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC GENERATION;

COMMERCIAL SENSORS; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; FEMTOSECOND BEAMS; INTENSITY PROFILES; PHASE RETRIEVAL; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; UNIAXIAL CRYSTAL; WAVEFRONT RETRIEVAL;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 80755180922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022851     Document Type: Article

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