Ultrafast Supercontinuum Generation in Transparent Solid-State Media

• Main Authors: Dubietis, Audrius (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Couairon, Arnaud (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This book presents the underlying physical picture and an overview of the state of the art of femtosecond supercontinuum generation in various transparent solid-state media, ranging from wide-bandgap dielectrics to semiconductor materials, and across various parts of the optical spectrum, from the u...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I. Physical picture of supercontinuum generation
• 1. Governing physical effects
• 2. Femtosecond filamentation in solid state media
• Part 2. Overview of the experimental results
• 3. General practical considerations
• 4. Experimental results
• 5. New developments
• References.