โ Scribed by C. Hirlimann (auth.), Professor Dr. Claude Rulliรจre (eds.)
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This is the second edition of this advanced textbook written for scientists who require further training in femtosecond science. Four years after pub- cation of the ?rst edition, femtosecond science has overcome new challenges and new application ?elds have become mature. It is necessary to take into account these new developments. Two main topics merged during this period that support important scienti?c activities: attosecond pulses are now gen- ated in the X-UV spectral domain, and coherent control of chemical events is now possible by tailoring the shape of femtosecond pulses. To update this advanced textbook, it was necessary to introduce these ?elds; two new ch- ters are in this second edition: โCoherent Control in Atoms, Molecules, and Solidsโ(Chap.11)andโAttosecondPulsesโ(Chap.12)withwell-documented references. Some changes, addenda, and new references are introduced in the ?rst editionโs ten original chapters to take into account new developments and updatethisadvancedtextbookwhichistheresultofascienti?cadventurethat started in 1991. At that time, the French Ministry of Education decided that, in view of the growing importance of ultrashort laser pulses for the national scienti?c community, a Femtosecond Centre should be created in France and devoted to the further education of scientists who use femtosecond pulses as a research tool and who are not specialists in lasers or even in optics.
Laser Basics....Pages 1-23
Pulsed Optics....Pages 25-56
Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses: Mode-Locking....Pages 57-87
Further Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses....Pages 89-123
Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers....Pages 125-174
How to Manipulate and Change the Characteristics of Laser Pulses....Pages 175-194
How to Measure the Characteristics of Laser Pulses....Pages 195-222
Spectroscopic Methods for Analysis of Sample Dynamics....Pages 223-281
Coherent Effects in Femtosecond Spectroscopy: A Simple Picture Using the Bloch Equation....Pages 283-308
Terahertz Femtosecond Pulses....Pages 309-331
Coherent Control in Atoms, Molecules and Solids....Pages 333-394
Attosecond Pulses....Pages 395-422
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