Single-shot fourth-order autocorrelator

Peng Wang; Xiong Shen; Jun Liu; Ruxin Li

doi:10.1117/1.AP.1.5.056001

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 1, Issue 5, 056001(2019)

Single-shot fourth-order autocorrelator

Peng Wang¹, Xiong Shen¹, Jun Liu^1,2,3、*, and Ruxin Li^1,2,3、*

¹Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beijing, China

³Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Jul. 1, 2019

Accepted: Sep. 24, 2019

Published Online: Oct. 24, 2019

The Author Email: Liu Jun (jliu@siom.ac.cn), Li Ruxin (ruxinli@mail.siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.1.5.056001

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