Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications / edited by Franz X. Kärtner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kärtner, Franz X., Editor.

Series:

Topics in Applied Physics, 0303-4216 ; 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasers.

Photonics.

Engineering.

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Engineering, general.

Local Subjects:

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

Engineering, general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2004.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book covers the physics and technology of short pulse laser sources that generate pulses with widths 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, such as UV- and X-ray generation from table-top systems using high-harmonic generation, frequency metrology with unprecedented precision, high-resolution optical coherence tomography and strong-field ultrafast solid-state processes, 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.

Contents:

Part I: Few-Cycle Pulse Generation: Theory and Experiments

Solid-State Materials for Few-Cycle Pulse Generation and Amplification

Few-Cycle Pulses Directly from the Laser

Few-Cycle Pulses by External Compression

Parametric Amplification and Phase Control of Few-Cycle Light Pulses

Part II: Characterization of Ultrashort Laser Pulses: Measuring Ultrashort Pulses in the Single-Cycle Regime

Characterization of Ultrashort Pulses in the Few-Cycle Regime Using Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric Field Reconstruction

Part III: Applications: Optical Frequency-Comb Generation and High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy

Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilization of Single and Multiple Femtosecond Lasers

Sub-Femtosecond XUV-Pulses: Attosecond Metrology and Spectroscopy

Resonant Non-Perturbative Extreme Nonlinear Optics with Two-Cycle Pulses

Dynamics of the Photoexcited Hydrated Electron

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

3-540-39849-X