Statistical properties of ultrafast supercontinuum generated by femtosecond Gaussian and Bessel beams: A comparative study

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 994-999

  Majus, Donatas ^a   Dubietis, Audrius ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL CORRELATION; SPECTRAL INTENSITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 84877600753     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000994     Document Type: Article

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