Polarization distribution control of parallel femtosecond pulses with spatial light modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 12987-12995

  Hasegawa, Satoshi ^a   Hayasaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLARIZATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ARBITRARY POLARIZATION; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; PERIODIC NANOSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84878888672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.012987     Document Type: Article

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