{"product_id":"ultrafast-optics-hardback-9780471415398","title":"Ultrafast Optics (Hardback) 9780471415398","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUltrafast Optics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew M. Weiner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471415398, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e600 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.4 x 3.8 cm, 1.148 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive treatment of ultrafast optics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book fills the need for a thorough and detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the field, it sheds new light on technology that has already had a revolutionary impact on precision frequency metrology, high-speed electrical testing, biomedical imaging, and in revealing the initial steps in chemical reactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUltrafast Optics\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a summary of ultrashort laser pulses and their practical applications in a range of real-world settings. Next, it reviews important background material, including an introduction to Fourier series and Fourier transforms, and goes on to cover:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrinciples of mode-locking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUltrafast pulse measurement methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDispersion and dispersion compensation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUltrafast nonlinear optics: second order\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUltrafast nonlinear optics: third order\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMode-locking: selected advanced topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManipulation of ultrashort pulses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUltrafast time-resolved spectroscopy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTerahertz time-domain electromagnetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Weiner's expertise and cutting-edge research result in a book that is destined to become a seminal text for engineers, researchers, and graduate students alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction and Review 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction to Ultrashort Laser Pulses 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Brief Review of Electromagnetics 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Maxwell’s Equations 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 The Wave Equation and Plane Waves 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.3 Poynting’s Vector and Power Flow 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Review of Laser Essentials 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 Steady-State Laser Operation 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Gain and Gain Saturation in Four-Level Atoms 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3 Gaussian Beams and Transverse Laser Modes 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Introduction to Ultrashort Pulse Generation Through Mode-Locking 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.1 Analytical Aspects 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.2 Computational Aspects 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Principles of Mode-Locking 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Processes Involved in Mode-Locking 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Active Mode-Locking 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 Time-Domain Treatment 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Frequency-Domain Treatment 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3 Variations of Active Mode-Locking 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Passive Mode-Locking Using Saturable Absorbers 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Saturation Model 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 Slow Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Fast Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Solid-State Laser Mode-Locking Using the Optical Kerr Effect 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.1 Nonlinear Refractive Index Changes 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.2 Self-Amplitude Modulation Self-Phase Modulation and Group Velocity Dispersion 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.3 Additive Pulse Mode-Locking 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.4 Kerr Lens Mode-Locking 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.5 Mode-Locking Solutions 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4.6 Initiation of Mode-Locking 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Ultrafast-pulse Measurement Methods 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Terminology and Definitions 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Electric Field Autocorrelation Measurements and the Power Spectrum 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Electric Field Cross-Correlation Measurements and Spectral Interferometry 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 Electric Field Cross-Correlation 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 Spectral Interferometry 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.3 Application: Optical Coherence Tomography 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Intensity Correlation Measurements 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Correlation Measurements Using Second-Harmonic Generation 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Experimental Procedures 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Correlation Measurements Using Two-Photon absorption 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 Higher-Order Correlation Techniques 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Chirped Pulses and Measurements in the Time–Frequency Domain 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.1 Polarization-Gating FROG 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.2 Self-Diffraction FROG 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.3 Second-Harmonic-Generation FROG 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4 Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Using Temporal Phase Modulation 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5 Signal Recovery from FROG Traces 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Pulse Measurements Based on Frequency Filtering 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.1 Single-Slit Approaches 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.2 Double-Slit Approach 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Self-Referencing Interferometry 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8.1 Time-Domain Interferometry of Chirped Pulses 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8.2 Self-Referencing Spectral Interferometry 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Characterization of Noise and Jitter 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Dispersion and Dispersion Compensation 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Group Velocity Dispersion 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 Group Velocity Definition and General Dispersion Relations 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 General Aspects of Material Dispersion 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Temporal Dispersion Based on Angular Dispersion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Relation Between Angular and Temporal Dispersion 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Angular Dispersion and Tilted Intensity Fronts 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Dispersion of Grating Pairs 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Dispersion of Prism Pairs 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Dispersive Properties of Lenses 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Dispersion of Mirror Structures 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6.1 The Gires–Tournois Interferometer 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6.2 Quarter-Wave Stack High Reflectors 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6.3 Chirped Mirrors 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Measurements of Group Velocity Dispersion 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7.1 Interferometric Methods 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7.2 Frequency-Domain Intracavity Dispersion Measurements 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Appendix 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8.1 Frequency-Dependent Phase Due to Propagation Through a Slab: Alternative Derivation 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8.2 Impedance Method for Analysis of Dielectric Mirror Stacks 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Second Order 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Forced Wave Equation 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Frequency-Domain Formulation 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Time-Domain Formulation 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Summary of Continuous-Wave Second-Harmonic Generation 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Effect of Phase Matching 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Phase Matching in Birefringent Media 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 Focusing Effects in Continuous-Wave SHG 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Second-Harmonic Generation with Pulses 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 SHG in the Quasi-Continuous-Wave Limit 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Ultrashort-Pulse SHG 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3 Quasi-Phase Matching 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.4 Effect of Group Velocity Walk-off on SHG-Based Pulse Measurements 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Three-Wave Interactions 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Sum Frequency Generation 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 Difference Frequency Generation 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Optical Parametric Amplification 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Appendix 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.1 Spatial Walk-off and Pulse Fronts in Anisotropic Media 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.2 Velocity Matching in Broadband Noncollinear Three-Wave\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMixing 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Third Order 258\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Propagation Equation for Nonlinear Refractive Index Media 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Plane Waves in Uniform Media 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Nonlinear Propagation in Waveguides 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.3 Optical Fiber Types 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The Nonlinear Schr¨odinger Equation 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Self-Phase Modulation 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Dispersionless Self-Phase Modulation 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Dispersionless Self-Phase Modulation with Loss 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Self-Phase Modulation with Normal Dispersion 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.4 Cross-Phase Modulation 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Pulse Compression 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Modulational Instability 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Solitons 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Higher-Order Propagation Effects 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.1 Nonlinear Envelope Equation in Uniform Media 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.2 Nonlinear Envelope Equation in Waveguides 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.3 Delayed Nonlinear Response and the Raman Effect 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.4 Self-Steepening 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.5 Space–Time Focusing 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Continuum Generation 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Mode-Locking: Selected Advanced Topics 316\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Soliton Fiber Lasers: Artificial Fast Saturable Absorbers 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1 The Figure-Eight Laser 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.2 Energy Quantization 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.3 Soliton Sidebands 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Soliton Mode-Locking: Active Modulation and Slow Saturable Absorbers 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Harmonically Mode-Locked Soliton Fiber Lasers 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 The Net Gain Window in Soliton Mode-Locking 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Stretched Pulse Mode-Locking 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Stretched Pulse Mode-Locked Fiber Laser 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 Dispersion-Managed Solitons 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.3 Theoretical Issues 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Mode-Locked Lasers in the Few-Cycle Regime 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Mode-Locked Frequency Combs 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.1 Comb Basics 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.2 Measurement Techniques 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.3 Stabilization of Frequency Combs 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.4 Applications 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Manipulation of Ultrashort Pulses 362\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Fourier Transform Pulse Shaping 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1 Examples of Pulse Shaping Using Fixed Masks 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2 Programmable Pulse Shaping 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.3 Pulse-Shaping Theory 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Other Pulse-Shaping Techniques 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.1 Direct Space-to-Time Pulse Shaping 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.2 Acousto-optic Dispersive Filters 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Chirp Processing and Time Lenses 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Space–Time Duality 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2 Chirp Processing 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.3 Time Lens Processing 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Ultrashort-Pulse Amplification 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Amplification Basics 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Special Issues in Femtosecond Amplifiers 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Appendix 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.1 Fresnel Diffraction and Fourier Transform Property of a Lens 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2 Wave Optics Model of a Grating 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy 422\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction to Ultrafast Spectroscopy 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Degenerate Pump–Probe Transmission Measurements 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Co-polarized Fields: Scalar Treatment 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Vector Fields and Orientational Effects 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Nondegenerate and Spectrally Resolved Pump–Probe: Case Studies 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Femtosecond Pump–Probe Studies of Dye Molecules 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Femtosecond Pump–Probe Studies of GaAs 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Basic Quantum Mechanics for Coherent Short-Pulse Spectroscopies 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 Some Basic Quantum Mechanics 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 The Density Matrix 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Wave Packets 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.1 Example: Semiconductor Quantum Wells 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.2 Molecules 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Dephasing Phenomena 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.1 Linear Spectroscopies 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.2 Models of Dephasing 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.3 Measurement of Dephasing Using Transient Gratings 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.4 Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Terahertz Time-Domain Electromagnetics 507\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Ultrafast Electromagnetics: Transmission Lines 507\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1.1 Photoconductive Generation and Sampling 507\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1.2 Electro-optic Sampling 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Ultrafast Electromagnetics: Terahertz Beams 516\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Generation and Measurement of Terahertz Pulses 517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Terahertz Spectroscopy 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