Few-Cycle Laser Pulse Generation and Its Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kärtner, Franz X. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 95
• Subjects: Lasers.; Photonics.; Engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Engineering, general.

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 la...