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possible to find direct inversions that are robust. In both cases, there
are well-established practical methods by which the ultrashort pulse
may be completely characterized.
The work of Christophe Dorrer was partially supported by the
U.S. DOE Office of Inertial Confinement Fusion under Cooperative
Agreement No. DE-FC52-08NA28302, the University of Rochester,
and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
The support of DOE does not constitute an endorsement by DOE of
the views expressed in this chapter.
Ian Wamsley was supported by EPSRC (ER/S24015/01 and
EP/D503248/1) and the Royal Society, through the Wolfson Research
Merit Award scheme.

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