The Supercontinuum Laser Source

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Theory of Self-Phase Modulation and Spectral Broadening

   • Y. R. Shen, Guo-Zhen Yang

   Pages 1-32

3. Supercontinuum Generation in Condensed Matter

   • Q. Z. Wang, P. P. Ho, R. R. Alfano

   Pages 33-90

4. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers

   • Govind P. Agrawal

   Pages 91-116

5. 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

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

   • Jamal T. Manassah

   Pages 184-294

7. Self-Steepening of Optical Pulses

   • B. R. Suydam

   Pages 295-317

8. Self-Focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases

   • Paul B. Corkum, Claude Rolland

   Pages 318-336

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

   • J. H. Clownia, J. Misewich, P. P. Sorokin

   Pages 337-376

10. Applications of Supercontinuum: Present and Future

    • R. Dorsinville, P. P. Ho, J. T. Manassah, R. R. Alfano

    Pages 377-398

11. Pulse Compression in Single-Mode Fibers—Picoseconds to Femtoseconds

    • A. M. Johnson, C. V. Shank

    Pages 399-449

12. Back Matter

    Pages 451-458

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Nonlinear optics is one of the most important fields of science and engineering, covering the generation, transmission, and control of the whole spectrum of laser pulses in solids, liquids, gases, and fibers. In turn, one of the most important ultrafast nonlinear optical processes is the supercontinuum generation - the production of intense ultrafast broadband "white light" pulses. This book is intended to fill the need of both scientists and graduate students for a single source book containing the most necessary and relevant material on supercontinuum technology. It reviews the basic principles, surveys research results, and presents the current thinking of experts in the supercontinuum field.

• Transmission
• laser
• material
• nonlinear optics
• optics
• production
• science
• spectroscopy
• technology

• Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Physics and Electrical Engineering Departments, The City College of New York, New York, USA

  Robert R. Alfano

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