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An Introduction to Picosecond Spectroscopy

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Intense laser pulses with a time duration of several 10−12 s were first observed in 1966.1 It was immediately recognized by investigators in the field that these picosecond light pulses would allow direct investigations of ultrafast molecular processes in condensed phases. In fact, the first application of these pulses to a study of radiationless transitions of dye molecules was reported soon after.2 Numerous investigations were conducted by several laboratories on a wide variety of problems in recent years.3 Considerable effort has been spent on the reproducible generation of well-defined pulses. As a result, quantitative investigations can be carried out on the time scale of picoseconds and subpicoseconds with carefully analysed pulses.

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  3. Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, University of Munich, Garching, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Walther

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Laubereau, A. (1983). An Introduction to Picosecond Spectroscopy. In: Arecchi, F.T., Strumia, F., Walther, H. (eds) Advances in Laser Spectroscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3715-7_16

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