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Ultrafast Phenomena VII

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, Monterey, CA, May 14–17, 1990

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Charles B. Harris

    1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Erich P. Ippen

    1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  3. Gerard A. Mourou

    1. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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  4. Ahmed H. Zewail

    1. Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics (CHEMICAL, volume 53)

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Table of contents (166 papers)

  1. Ultrashort Pulse Generation

    1. Gain Compression and Recovery Dynamics in Multiple Quantum Well Optical Amplifiers

      • J. M. Wiesenfeld, G. Eisenstein, M. Wegener, D. S. Chemla, G. Raybon, U. Koren et al.
      Pages 60-62

    2. Generation of Blue-Green 10 fs Pulses Using an Excimer-Pumped Dye Amplifier

      • R. W. Schoenlein, J.-Y. Bigot, M. T. Portella, C. V. Shank
      Pages 63-65

    3. Pulse Compression of a Mode-Locked Ti:Sapphire Laser

      • J. D. Kafka, M. L. Watts, D. J. Roach, M. S. Keirstead, H. W. Schaaf, T. Baer
      Pages 66-68

    4. Coupled-Cavity Resonant Passive Modelocked (RPM) Ti:Sapphire Laser

      • U. Keller, W. H. Knox, H. Roskos
      Pages 69-71

    5. Self-Starting Additive Pulse Mode-Locking of a Nd:Glass Laser

      • Ch. Spielmann, F. Krausz, E. Wintner, A. J. Schmidt
      Pages 72-74

    6. Soliton-like Pulse Shaping in a cw Passively Mode-Locked Ti:Al2O3 Laser

      • Y. Ishida, N. Sarukura, H. Nakano
      Pages 75-77

    7. Sub-picosecond 38 W Optical Pulses from a Hybrid Mode Locked Semiconductor Laser System

      • P. J. Delfyett, C.-H. Lee, L. Florez, N. Stoffel, N. Andreadakis, T. Gmitter et al.
      Pages 78-80

    8. Femtosecond Generation of Mid Infrared Pulses at 8.5 kHz via Parametric Mixing in AgGaS2

      • P. C. Becker, D. Gershoni, A. Prosser
      Pages 81-83

    9. Femtosecond Pulses in the Medium Infrared by Down-Conversion of a Traveling Wave Dye Laser

      • T. Elsaesser, M. C. Nuss
      Pages 84-86

    10. Pulse Evolution in a Coupled-Cavity Mode-Locked KCl:Tl Color-Center Laser

      • X. Zhu, W. Sleat, D. Walker, W. Sibbett
      Pages 87-89

  2. High Intensity Sources and Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Ultrahigh Peak Power Generation: Present and Future

      • P. Bado, J. S. Coe, J. Squier, F. Salin, C.-Y. Chien, J.-P. Tapié et al.
      Pages 92-95

    3. Very High Order Harmonic Generation

      • L. A. Lompré, A. L’Huillier, M. Ferray, G. Mainfray
      Pages 96-100

    4. Time-Resolved Spectral Shifts of Femtosecond Pulses in Atmospheric Density Plasmas

      • W. M. Wood, W. C. Banyai, J. L. Trisnadi, M. C. Downer
      Pages 101-103

    5. Characterization of a High-Intensity, Subpicosecond XeCl Laser System

      • A. J. Taylor, T. R. Gosnell, J. P. Roberts, D. C. MacPherson, C. R. Tallman
      Pages 104-106

    6. Soft-X-Ray Generation from 100 fs Irradiation of Thin Film Targets

      • H. W. K. Tom, O. R. Wood II, G. D. Aumiller, M. D. Rosen
      Pages 107-109

    7. Ultrafast Microscopy of Exploding Solids

      • D. D. Dlott
      Pages 110-112

    8. Femtosecond Melting of Diamond

      • D. H. Reitze, H. Ahn, X. Wang, M. C. Downer
      Pages 113-115

    9. Femtosecond Photoemission and Reflectivity Measurements of High Temperature Electron Dynamics in Solid Density Plasmas

      • W. C. Banyai, D. C. Anacker, X. Y. Wang, D. H. Reitze, G. B. Focht, M. C. Downer et al.
      Pages 116-118

    10. Second Harmonic Generation in Femtosecond Laser-Produced Plasmas

      • T. Engers, H. Schüler, W. Fendel, H. Schulz, D. von der Linde
      Pages 119-121
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Recent improvements in the performance of light sources, i.e. reduction in pulse length and increases in wavelength range and power levels, have led to ultrafast technology becoming a basic tool in a wide variety of scientific fields. This book describes the remarkable technological improvements and results of new applications in the natural sciences and various engineering fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Charles B. Harris

  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Erich P. Ippen

  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Gerard A. Mourou

  • Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

    Ahmed H. Zewail

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