Active Bragg angle compensation for shaping ultrafast mid-infrared pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23912-23920

  Nite, Jacob M ^a   Cyran, Jenée D ^a   Krummel, Amber T ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ACOUSTO OPTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATOR; ANGULAR DISPERSIONS; BRAGG ANGLES; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; CONSTANT FREQUENCY; MID-INFRARED PULSE; OUTPUT PULSE; PULSE SHAPER; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME DURATION; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST PULSE; WAVE FORMS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INFRARED RADIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84867293509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023912     Document Type: Article

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