Nontrivial polarization shaping of femtosecond pulses by reference to the results of dual-channel spectral interferometry

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 6047-6050

  Suzuki, Takayuki ^a   Minemoto, Shinichirou ^a   Sakai, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION;

DUAL-CHANNEL SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; ELLIPTICITY; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; NONTRIVIAL POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 9144227502     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006047     Document Type: Article

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