The supercontinuum laser source : fundamentals with updated references / Robert R. Alfano, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alfano, Robert R., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laser pulses, Ultrashort.

Nonlinear optics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 537 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Contained In:

Springer e-books

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, ©2006.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Photonics and nonlinear optics are important areas of science, engineering and technology. One of the most important ultrafast nonlinear optical processes is the supercontinuum (SC) - the production of intense white light pulses covering: uv, visible, NIR, MIR, and IR. It is produced using ultrashort laser pulses (ps/fs) to produce the ultrabroad band of frequencies. This book covers the fundamental principles and surveys research of current thinkers and experts in the field with updated references of the key breakthroughs over the past decade and a half. The application of SC are time-resolved pump-SC probe absorption and excitation spectroscopy for chemistry, biology and physics fundamental processes; optical coherence tomography; ultrashort pulse generation in femtosecond and attosecond regions; frequency clocks; phase stabilization; optical communication; atmospheric science; lightning control; optical medical imaging; biological cell imaging; and metrology standards.

Contents:

Theory of Self-Phase Modulation and Spectral Broadening

Supercontinuum Generation in Condensed Matter

Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers

Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses

Simple Models of Self-Phase and Induced-Phase Modulation

Self-Steepening of Optical Pulses

Self-Focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases

Utilization of UV and IR Supercontinua in Gas-Phase Subpicosecond Kinetic Spectroscopy

Applications of Supercontinuum: Present and Future

Pulse Compression in Single-Mode Fibers: Picoseconds to Femtoseconds

Coherence Properties of the Supercontinuum Source

Supercontinuum Generation in Materials (Solids, Liquids, Gases, Air)

Supercontinuum Generation in Microstructure Fibers

Supercontinuum in Wavelength Division Multiplex Telecommunication

Femtosecond Pump: Supercontinuum Probe for Applications in Semiconductors, Biology, and Chemistry

Supercontinuum in Optical Coherence Tomography

Supercontinuum in Femtosecond Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilization

Supercontinuum in Ultrafast Pulse Compression

Supercontinuum in Time and Frequency Metrology

Supercontinuum in Atmospheric Science

Coherence of the Supercontinuum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Supercontinuum laser source.

ISBN:

9780387250977

0387250972

6610461198

9786610461196

1280461195

9781280461194

OCLC:

262691090

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