This volume contains papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena held at Del Coronado, California, from May 28 to June 1, 1996. The biannual Ultrafast Phenomena Conferences provide a forum for the discussion of the latest advances in ultrafast optics and their applications in science and engineering. The Ultrafast Phenomena Conference maintains a broad international representation with 391 participants from 18 countries, including 94 students attending the conference. The multidisciplinary character of this meeting provides a cross-fertilization of ultrafast concepts and techniques among various scientific and engineering disciplines. The enthusiasm of the paticipants, the originality and quality of the papers that they presented, and the beautiful conference site combined to produce a very successful and enjoyable meeting. Progress was reported in the technology of generating ultrashort pulses, in cluding new techniques for improving laser-pulse duration, output power, wave length range, and compactness. Ultrafast spectroscopy continues to impact on and expand the knowledge base of fundamental processes in physics, chemistry, biol ogy and engineering. In addition ultrafast phenomena now extends to real-world applications in biology, high-speed communication, and material diagnostics. The Tenth Ultrafast Phenomena Conference was highlighted by a 'special event' in which the developments of the previous conferences were reviewed in a panel discussion by G. Mourou, E. Ippen, A. Migus, A. Laubereau and R. Hochstrasser.
Editors and Affiliations
Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Paul F. Barbara
Department of Electrical Engineering and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
James G. Fujimoto
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Holmdel, USA
Wayne H. Knox
Institut für Medizinische Optik, Universität München, München, Germany
Wolfgang Zinth
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultrafast Phenomena X
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, Del Coronado, CA, May 28 – June 1, 1996
Editors: Paul F. Barbara, James G. Fujimoto, Wayne H. Knox, Wolfgang Zinth
