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Ultrafast Phenomena IV

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference Monterey, California, June 11–15, 1984

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics (CHEMICAL, volume 38)

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Table of contents (135 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
  2. Generation and Measurement Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Soliton Laser

      • L. F. Mollenauer, R. H. Stolen
      Pages 2-6
    3. Compression and Shaping of Femtosecond Pulses

      • A. M. Weiner, J. G. Fujimoto, E. P. Ippen
      Pages 11-15
    4. Compression of Mode-Locked Nd: YAG Pulses to 1.8 Picoseconds

      • B. H. Kolner, D. M. Bloom, J. D. Kafka, T. M. Baer
      Pages 19-22
    5. Effects of Cavity Dispersion on Femtosecond Mode-Locked Dye Lasers

      • S. De Silvestri, P. Laporta, O. Svelto
      Pages 23-26
    6. 3 MHz Amplifier for Femtosecond Optical Pulses

      • M. C. Downer, R. L. Fork, M. Islam
      Pages 27-29
    7. Colliding Pulse Femtosecond Lasers and Applications to the Measurement of Optical Parameters

      • J.-C. Diels, I. C. McMichael, F. Simoni, R. Torti, H. Vanherzeele, W. Dietel et al.
      Pages 30-34
    8. High Average Power Mode-Locked Co: MgF2 Laser

      • B. C. Johnson, M. Rosenbluh, P. F. Moulton, A. Mooradian
      Pages 35-37
    9. Stimulated VUV Radiation from HD Excited by a Picosecond ArF* Laser

      • T. S. Luk, H. Egger, W. Müller, H. Pummer, C. K. Rhodes
      Pages 42-45
    10. Procedure for Calculating Optical Pulse Compression from Fiber-Grating Combinations

      • R. H. Stolen, C. V. Shank, W. J. Tomlinson
      Pages 46-48
    11. A New Picosecond Source in the Vibrational Infrared

      • A. L. Harris, M. Berg, J. K. Brown, C. B. Harris
      Pages 52-55
    12. Travelling-Wave Pumped Ultrashort Pulse Distributed Feedback Dye Laser

      • G. Szabó, B. Rácz, Zs. Bor, B. Nikolaus, A. Müller
      Pages 60-62
    13. Picosecond Pulses from Future Synchrotron-Radiation Sources

      • R. C. Sah, D. T. Attwood, A. P. Sabersky
      Pages 63-65

About this book

The motivating idea of the first Topical Meeting on Picosecond Phenomena, which took place at Hilton Head Island in 1978, was to bring together scien­ tists and engineers in a congenial setting who were developing picosecond lasers with those who were applying them to problems in chemistry, physics, electronics, and biology. The field has advanced remarkably in the following six years. This is reflected in the size of the conference which has more than doubled in the past six years and now includes scientists from many countries around the world. As evidenced by the papers in this volume, the appl ication of ultrafast 1 ight pulses continues to grow in new and diverse directions encompassing an increasingly wide range of subject areas. This progress has gone hand-in-hand with the development of new and more precise methods of generating and measuring ultrafast light pulses, which now extend well into the femtosecond time domain. It was this latter advance which was responsible for changing the name of the conference to Ultrafast Phenomena. The 1984 meeting was held at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, Cal ifornia from June 11 to 15 under the sponsorship of the Optical Society of America. A total of 320 registered participants, including 65 students, attended the three and one-half day conference. The overall enthusiasm of the participants, the high quality of the research presented, and ambiance of the setting combined to produce a successful and enjoyable conference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA

    David H. Auston

  • Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Kenneth B. Eisenthal

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