Ultrashort Laser Pulses and Applications
By: edited by Wolfgang Kaiser
Series: Topics in Applied Physics -- 60; Topics in Applied Physics -- 60
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9783662025482; 9783662025468
Subjects: Physics
Description: This authoritative book is written by ten experts in the field. It provides an up-to-date review of the state of the art in different generation processes for ultrashort laser pulses. Extensive applications in a wide range of fields - in physics, engineering, chemistry, and biology - are also discussed. Eight chapters deal with the following topics: - the generation of picosecond and femtosecond laser pulses - nonlinear wave interactions - new investigations in solid-state physics - recent progress in optoelectronics - advances in coherent material excitations - ultrafast vibrational lifetimes and energy redistribution in liquids - new observations of chemical reactions in the liquid state - the primary processes of important biological systems The book is essential reading for scientists and engineers who want to know what is going on in this rapidly advancing field. It should also interest graduate students and others who seek an introduction to laser pulses.
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Table of contents: title: Contents: W. Kaiser: Introduction; title: C.V. Shank: Generation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses; title: A. Laubereau: Optical Nonlinearities with Ultrashort Pulses; title: D. von der Linde: Ultrashort Interactions in Solids; title: D.H. Auston: Ultrafast Optoelectronics; title: W. Zinth, W. Kaiser: Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy; title: A. Seilmeier, W. Kaiser: Ultrashort Intramolecular and Intermolecular Vibrational Energy Transfer of Polyatomic Molecules in Liquids; title: K.B. Eisenthal: Ultrafast Chemical Reactions in the Liquid State; title: R.M. Hochstrasser, C.K. Johnson: Biological Processes Studied by Ultrafast Laser Techniques; title: Subject Index.