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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book covers the physics, technology and applications of short pulse laser sources that generate pulses with durations of only a few optical cycles. The basic design considerations for the different systems such as lasers, parametric amplifiers and external compression techniques which have emerged over the last decade are discussed to give researchers and graduate students a thorough introduction to this field. The existence of these sources has opened many new fields of research that were not possible before. These are UV and EUV generation from table-top systems using high-harmonic generation, frequency metrology enabling optical frequency counting, high-resolution optical coherence tomography, strong-field ultrafast solid-state processes and ultrafast spectroscopy, to mention only a few. Many new applications will follow. The book attempts to give a comprehensive, while not excessive, introduction to this exciting new field that serves both experienced researchers and graduate students entering the field.
The first half of the book covers the current physical principles, processes and design guidelines to generate pulses in the optical range comprising only a few cycles of light. Such as the generation of relatively low energy pulses at high repetition rates directly from the laser, parametric generation of medium energy pulses and high-energy pulses at low repetition rates using external compression in hollow fibers. The applications cover the revolution in frequency metrology and high-resolution laser spectroscopy to electric field synthesis in the optical range as well as the emerging field of high-harmonic generation and attosecond science, high-resolution optical imaging and novel ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors. These fields benefit from the strong electric fields accompanying these pulses in solids and gases during events comprising only a few cycles of light.
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"The book on the generation and application of few-cycle laser pulses is a timely project that is bound to attract much attention of experts in lasers, optics, and spectroscopy … . Comprehensive articles on the most significant and interesting subjects of ultrafast photonics and spectroscopy, an outstanding all-star list of authors, and an excellent work by the editor, enhanced by a superb quality of printing and illustrations, will make this book a precious source of knowledge for anyone interested in femto- and attosecond science." (Aleksei Zheltikov, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Vol. 36 (11), 2005)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications
Editors: Franz X. Kärtner
Series Title: Topics in Applied Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b88427
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20115-1Published: 14 September 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05760-1Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39849-3Published: 24 August 2004
Series ISSN: 0303-4216
Series E-ISSN: 1437-0859
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 448
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Engineering, general