Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization

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Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization. / Kurzyna, Stanislaw; Jastrzebski, Marcin; Fabre, Nicolas; Wasilewski, Wojciech; Lipka, Michal; Parniak, Michal.

In: Optics Express, Vol. 30, No. 22, 24.10.2022, p. 39826-39839.

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Kurzyna, S, Jastrzebski, M, Fabre, N, Wasilewski, W, Lipka, M & Parniak, M 2022, 'Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization', Optics Express, vol. 30, no. 22, pp. 39826-39839. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.471108

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Kurzyna, S., Jastrzebski, M., Fabre, N., Wasilewski, W., Lipka, M., & Parniak, M. (2022). Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization. Optics Express, 30(22), 39826-39839. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.471108

Vancouver

Kurzyna S, Jastrzebski M, Fabre N, Wasilewski W, Lipka M, Parniak M. Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization. Optics Express. 2022 Oct 24;30(22):39826-39839. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.471108

Author

Kurzyna, Stanislaw ; Jastrzebski, Marcin ; Fabre, Nicolas ; Wasilewski, Wojciech ; Lipka, Michal ; Parniak, Michal. / Variable electro-optic shearing interferometry for ultrafast single-photon-level pulse characterization. In: Optics Express. 2022 ; Vol. 30, No. 22. pp. 39826-39839.

Bibtex

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