Book: Ultrafast Optics (Kaertner)
- Page ID
- 43986
This text covered issues regarding ultrafast optics including: Generation, propagation and applications of ultrashort pulses (nano-, pico-, femto-, attosecond pulses); Linear and nonlinear pulse shaping processes: Optical solitons, Pulse compression; Laser principles: Single- and multi-mode laser dynamics, Q-switching, Active and passive mode-locking; Pulse characterization: Autocorrelation, FROG, SPIDER; Noise in mode-locked lasers and its limitations in measurements; Laser amplifiers, optical parametric amplifiers, and oscillators; Applications in research and industry: Pump-probe techniques, Optical imaging, Frequency metrology, Laser ablation, High harmonic generation.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Maxwell-Bloch Equations
- 3: Nonlinear Pulse Propagation
- 4: Laser Dynamics (single-mode)
- 5: Active Mode Locking
- 6: Passive Modelocking
- 7: Kerr-Lens and Additive Pulse Mode Locking
- 8: Semiconductor Saturable Absorbers
- 9: Noise and Frequency Control
- 10: Pulse Characterization
- 11: Ultrafast Measurement Techniques
- Back Matter
Thumbnail: Plot of the field of an ultrashort pulse, as well as its time-averaged intensity. (CC BY-SA 3.0 unported; Zueignung and edited by LibreTexts via Wikipedia)