Ultrafast nonlinear optics Robert Thomson, Christopher Leburn, [and] Derryck Reid, editors

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Thomson, Robert R., editor, author.

Leburn, Christopher, editor, author.

Reid, D. T. (Derryck T.), editor, author.

Conference Name:

Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics (66th : 2010 : Heriot-Watt University)

Series:

Scottish graduate series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonlinear optics--Congresses.

Nonlinear optics.

Picosecond pulses--Congresses.

Picosecond pulses.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg New York Springer ©2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 66th school in the Scottish Universities Summer Schools in Physics series (SUSSP66) was held over 10 days at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, between the 11-21 August 2010. The topic of the school was the broad area "Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics" and consisted of lectures from 14 renowned international experts in this highly active research area. This book consists of 13 contributed chapters, either authored or co-authored by one or more of the SUSSP66 lecturers or executive committee members. The field of Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics is broad and multidisciplinary, and encompasses areas concerned with both the generation and measurement of ultrashort pulses of light, as well as those concerned with the applications of such pulses. Ultrashort pulses are extreme events - both in terms of their durations, and the high peak powers which their short durations can facilitate. These extreme properties make them powerful experimental tools. On one hand, their ultrashort durations facilitate the probing and manipulation of matter on incredibly short timescales. On the other, their ultrashort durations can facilitate high peak powers which can drive highly nonlinear light-matter interaction processes. The chapters contained within this book cover a complete range of topics, both applied and fundamental in nature, within the area of Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics

Contents:

Measuring ultrashort optical pulses Adam S. Wyatt and Ian A. Walmsley Ultra-broadband optical parametric amplifiers Giulio Cerullo and Daniele Brida Attosecond generation and high field physics Jon P. Marangos and Malte Oppermann Advances in solid-state ultrafast laser oscillators Christopher G. Leburn and Derryck T. Reid Ultrafast quantum control in atoms and molecules Philip H. Bucksbaum Femtosecond optical frequency combs Thomas Udem, Ronald Holzwarth, and Theodor Hänsch Ultrafast material science probed using coherent X-ray pulses from high-harmonic generation Stefan Mathias, Henry C. Kapteyn, and Margaret M. Murnane Ultrafast nonlinear fibre optics and supercontinuum generation John M. Dudley, Rim Cherif, Stephane Coen, and Goery Genty Nonlinear wavelength conversion and pulse propagation in optical fibres William J. Wadsworth Applications of ultra-intense, short laser pulses Ken W. D. Ledingham Utilising ultrafast lasers for multiphoton biomedical imaging Erich E. Hoover, Eric V. Chandler, Jeffrey J. Field, Dawn N. Vitek, Michael D. Young, and Jeff A. Squier Femtosecond laser micromachining Loren Cerami, Eric Mazur, Stefan Nolte, and Chris B. Schaffer Ultrafast laser inscription of photonic devices in bulk dielectrics Robert R. Thomson and Giulio Cerullo Poster sessions Participants

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319000176

3319000179

OCLC:

834500425

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