Talk:Ultrashort pulse

message: I propose that Ultrafast should be merged here. per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (adjectives), adjectives should redirect to nouns. This article seems like the appropriate place for ultrafast to redirect to.--Srleffler 05:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed merge of ultrafast and ultrashort pulse

message: I propose to add some material concerning the propagation of light pulses in various media, some analytical and therefore reasonably general.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.179.52 (talk) 00:51, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Propagation of light pulses

message: It seems like this image has some problems. First, the blue curve (not the green curve) is the electric field amplitude; the green curve is the envelope of the pulse. Second, the red curve is (I presume) supposed to show the time-averaged intensity of the pulse, in which case (a) it should say that, and (b) the peak intensity should reach half of the peak amplitude because of the factor of 1/2 from the sinusoid. Anyway, I made a new SVG image and unless someone objects I'll substitute it into the article in a few days. Zueignung (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pulse plot 

message: I would like to add the following text to this section. Unfortunately, it involves a kind of self-referencing. Can anyone help?
Unfortunately, there are many  claims in the literature on the applications of short laser pulses while few, if any, of these  claims live up to markets’ expectations and soon sink into oblivion. Therefore, it is believed that  the relevant applications are much fewer than the large list one can compile by gathering those  suggested by the researchers in universities. An interesting anecdote may clarify the situation. "Someone approached us for advice on a flat  transparent thin sheet of inert polymer having mono-dispersed pores for application in health  science to remove bacteria from biological fluids. The pores were desired to have diameters of  0.4 μm with a pore density of about 108 pores per cm2. Obviously, such pores cannot be drilled using commercially available high repetition rate lasers since the pore diameter is smaller than their wavelength. However, recalling the published work on drilling to sub-wavelength diameters we suggested using the high repetition 100 fs Ti:Sapphire laser pulses as a suitable and feasible method. To our dismay, few days later, we learnt of commercially available polycarbonate membrane filters with well characterized characteristics having list prices as 
low as 0.2 $/cm2"S. Mehdi Sharifi and Abdossamad Talebpour , Applications of Short Laser Pulses, cdn.intechopen.com!
Sharifi and TalebpourS. Mehdi Sharifi and Abdossamad Talebpour , Applications of Short Laser Pulses, cdn.intechopen.com have identified three areas that short pulses may provide relevant applications. These include highly specific mass spectroscopy of moleculesSM Sharifi, A Talebpour, SL Chin, Ultra-fast laser pulses provide an ion source for highly selective mass spectroscopy, Applied Physics B, 2008, 91:579-581, continuum-less laser induced breakdown spectroscopy,  and flat panel display dicingKamata, M.; Sumyoshi, T.; Tsujikaula, S., & Sekita, H. (2008). Laser machining method, laser cutting method, and method for dividing structure having multilayer board, PCT Application, WO/2008/126742 . Other potential applications are listed in the following:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdossamad Talebpour (talk • contribs) 00:59, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Try a more impartial tone. Fgnievinski (talk) 01:08, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Applications