Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena

This book serves as an introduction to the phenomena of ultra short lasers and describes how this technology can be used to examine problems in areas such as electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mechanics. Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena combines theoretical backgrounds and experimental techniques and will serve as a manual on designing and constructing femtosecond ("faster than electronics") systems or experiments from scratch. Provides an easy to follow guide through "faster than electronics" probing and detection methods THE manual on designing and constructing femtosecond systems and experiments *Discusses essential technology for applications in micro-machining, femtochemistry, and medical imaging Zusammenfassung Presents an introduction to the phenomena of ultra short laser pulses and describes how this technology can be used to examine problems in areas such as electromagnetism! optics! and quantum mechanics.

Autorentext
By Dr. Jean-Claude Diels

Zusammenfassung
Presents an introduction to the phenomena of ultra short laser pulses and describes how this technology can be used to examine problems in areas such as electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mechanics.

Inhalt

1. Fundamentals 2. Femtosecond Optics 3. Light-Matter Interaction 4. Coherent Phenomena 5. Ultrashort Sources 6. Amplifiers 7. Pulse Shaping 8. Pulse Diagnostics 9. Measurement Techniques of Fs Spectroscopy 10. Examples of Ultrafast Processes in Matter 11. Generation of Extreme Wavelengths 12. Miscellaneous Applications Appendices Bibliography Index