Femtosecond Technology
Subtitle: From Basic Research to Application Prospects
By: edited by Takeshi Kamiya, Fujio Saito, Osamu Wada, Hiroyoshi Yajima
Contributors: Saito, Fujio; Wada, Osamu; Yajima, Hiroyoshi
Series: Springer Series in Photonics, 1437-0379 -- 2; Springer series in photonics -- 2.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9783642584695
Description: Recent rapid advances in femtosecond technology have had a great impact on their industrial applications such as: ultrafast optoelectronic devices and optical telecommunication systems, ultrashort-pulse lasers and measurement systems, and the development of novel materials for ultrafast functions. In this book, a wealth of knowledge covering requirements in applications details of recent achievements in important technical areas is presented by world-prominent authors in a concise, systematic form. As a whole, this is the first comprehensive book on the emerging field of femtosecond technology.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: I. Socio-Technological Impact of Femtosecond Technology; title: II. Ultrafast Optoelectronics for Telecommunications; title: III. Semiconductor Quantum Structures for Femtosecond Devices; title: IV. Femtosecond Lasers and Measurement Applications; title: V. Materials for Femtosecond Applications.