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The Supercontinuum Laser Source

Fundamentals with Updated References

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Editors:
  1. Robert R. Alfano

    1. Department of Physics, City College of the City University of New York, New York, USA

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  • New edition of a classic in the field has been expanded and enriched with new content and updated references
  • Covers the fundamental principles and surveys research of current thinkers and experts in the field with updated references of the key breakthroughs over the past decade and a half
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Fundamentals

    1. Theory of Self-Phase Modulation and Spectral Broadening

      • Y.R. Shen, Guo-Zhen Yang
      Pages 1-32

    2. Supercontinuum Generation in Condensed Matter

      • Q.Z. Wang, P.P. Ho, R.R. Alfano
      Pages 33-90

    3. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers

      • Govind P. Agrawal
      Pages 91-116

    4. Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses

      • P.L. Baldeck, P.P. Ho, R.R. Alfano
      Pages 117-183

    5. Simple Models of Self-Phase and Induced-Phase Modulation

      • Jamal T. Manassah
      Pages 184-294

    6. Self-Steepening of Optical Pulses

      • B.R. Suydam
      Pages 295-317

    7. Self-Focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases

      • Paul B. Corkum, Claude Rolland
      Pages 318-336

    8. Utilization of UV and IR Supercontinua in Gas-Phase Subpicosecond Kinetic Spectroscopy

      • J.H. Glownia, J. Misewich, P.P. Sorokin
      Pages 337-376

    9. Applications of Supercontinuum: Present and Future

      • R. Dorsinville, P.P. Ho, J.T. Manassah, R.R. Alfano
      Pages 377-398

    10. Pulse Compression in Single-Mode Fibers: Picoseconds to Femtoseconds

      • A.M. Johnson, C.V. Shank
      Pages 399-449
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About this book

Photonics and nonlinear optics are important areas of science, engineering and technology. One of the most important ultrafast nonlinear optical processes is the supercontinuum (SC) – the production of intense white light pulses covering: uv, visible, NIR, MIR, and IR. It is produced using ultrashort laser pulses (ps/fs) to produce the ultrabroad band of frequencies. This book covers the fundamental principles and surveys research of current thinkers and experts in the field with updated references of the key breakthroughs over the past decade and a half. The application of SC are time-resolved pump-SC probe absorption and excitation spectroscopy for chemistry, biology and physics fundamental processes; optical coherence tomography; ultrashort pulse generation in femtosecond and attosecond regions; frequency clocks; phase stabilization; optical communication; atmospheric science; lightning control; optical medical imaging; biological cell imaging; and metrology standards.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, City College of the City University of New York, New York, USA

    Robert R. Alfano

About the editor

Dr. Robert R. Alfano's accomplishments in the field include:

Seminal patent on the supercontinuum.

Discovery of the supercontinuum.

Fellow of APS, OSA, IEEE, AP Sloan Fellow, published three (3) Physical Review Letters in one volume in 1970 on the supercontinuum.

700 published works, 80 patents, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering.

Photonic and ultrafast phenomena expert

Inventor of Cr4+ tunable lasers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Supercontinuum Laser Source

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamentals with Updated References

  • Editors: Robert R. Alfano

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106776

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2032-4

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25097-7

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 538

  • Number of Illustrations: 259 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Quantum Optics

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