Overview
- Discusses a complete range of topics, both applied and fundamental, in the area of ultrafast nonlinear pulses
- Provides the reader with an accessible, self-contained, and comprehensive introduction to each subject in the field of ultrafast nonlinear optics
- Consists of 13 contributed chapters either authored or co-authored by one or more of the Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (SUSSP) lecturers or Executive Committee members
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Scottish Graduate Series (SGS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
The field of ultrafast nonlinear optics is broad and multidisciplinary, and encompasses areas concerned with both the generation and measurement of ultrashort pulses of light, as well as those concerned with the applications of such pulses. Ultrashort pulses are extreme events – both in terms of their durations, and also the high peak powers which their short durations can facilitate. These extreme properties make them powerful experiment tools. On one hand, their ultrashort durations facilitate the probing and manipulation of matter on incredibly short timescales. On the other, their ultrashort durations can facilitate high peak powers which can drive highly nonlinear light-matter interaction processes.
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics covers a complete range of topics, both applied and fundamental in nature, within the area of ultrafast nonlinear optics. Chapters 1 to 4 are concerned with the generation and measurement of ultrashort pulses. Chapters 5 to 7 are concerned with fundamental applications of ultrashort pulses in metrology and quantum control. Chapters 8 and 9 are concerned with ultrafast nonlinear optics in optical fibres. Chapters 10 to 13 are concerned with the applications of ultrashort pulses in areas such as particle acceleration, microscopy, and micromachining.
The chapters are aimed at graduate-student level and are intended to provide the student with an accessible, self-contained and comprehensive gateway into each subject.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ultrafast Optics Group
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS
UK
Professor Derryck T. ReidÂ
Ultrafast Optics Group
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS
UK
Dr Christopher G. Leburn
Ultrafast Optics Group
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS
UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics
Editors: Robert Thomson, Christopher Leburn, Derryck Reid
Series Title: Scottish Graduate Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00017-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-00016-9Published: 29 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03384-6Published: 18 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00017-6Published: 20 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2199-4617
Series E-ISSN: 2155-2207
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 377
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Optical and Electronic Materials