Overview
- 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)
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Fundamentals
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New Developments
Keywords
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
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