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1. Introduction and review. |
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1.1 Introduction to ultrashort laser pulses. |
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1.2 Brief review of electromagnetics. |
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1.3 Review of laser essentials. |
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1.4 Introduction to ultrashort pulse generation through mode-locking. |
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1.5 Fourier series and Fourier transforms. |
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2. Principles of mode-locking: I 55. |
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2.1 Processes involved in mode-locking. |
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2.3 Passive mode-locking using saturable absorbers. |
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2.4 Solid-state laser mode-locking using the optical Kerr effect. |
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3. Ultrafast pulse measurement methods. |
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3.1 Terminology and definitions. |
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3.2 Electric field autocorrelation measurements and the power spectrum. |
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3.3 Electric field cross-correlation measurements and spectral interferometry. |
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3.4 Intensity correlation measurements. |
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3.5 Chirped pulses and measurements in the time-frequency domain. |
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3.6 Frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG). |
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3.7 Pulse measurements based on frequency filtering. |
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3.8 Self-referencing interferometry. |
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3.9 Characterization of noise and jitter. |
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4. Dispersion and dispersion compensation. |
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4.1 Group velocity dispersion. |
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4.2 Temporal dispersion based on angular dispersion. |
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4.3 Dispersion of grating pairs. |
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4.4 Dispersion of prism pairs. |
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4.5 Dispersive properties of lenses. |
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4.6 Dispersion of mirror structures. |
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4.7 Measurements of group velocity dispersion. |
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5. Ultrafast nonlinear optics: second order. |
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5.1 Introduction to nonlinear optics. |
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5.2 The forced wave equation. |
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5.3 Summary of continuous-wave second harmonic generation. |
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5.4 Second harmonic generation with pulses. |
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5.5 Three-wave interactions. |
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6. Ultrafast nonlinear optics: third order. |
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6.1 Propagation equation for nonlinear refractive index media. |
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6.2 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation. |
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6.3 Self-phasemodulation. |
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6.5 Modulational instability. |
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6.7 Higher-order propagation effects. |
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6.8 Continuum generation. |
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7. Mode-locking: Selected advanced topics. |
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7.1 Soliton fiber lasers: artificial fast saturable absorbers. |
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7.2 Soliton mode-locking: active modulation and slow saturable absorbers. |
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7.3 Stretched pulse mode-locking. |
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7.4 Mode-locked lasers in the few cycle regime. |
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7.5 Mode-locked frequency combs. |
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8. Manipulation of ultrashort pulses. |
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8.1 Fourier transform pulse shaping. |
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8.2 Other pulse shaping techniques. |
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8.3 Chirp processing and time lenses. |
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8.4 Ultrashort pulse amplification. |
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9. Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy. |
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9.1 Introduction to ultrafast spectroscopy. |
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9.2 Degenerate pump-probe transmission measurements. |
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9.3 Nondegenerate and spectrally resolved pump-probe: case studies. |
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9.4 Basic quantum mechanics for coherent short pulse spectroscopies. |
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9.7 Impulsive stimulated Raman scattering. |
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10. Terahertz time-domain electromagnetics. |
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10.1 Ultrafast electromagnetics: transmission lines. |
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10.2 Ultrafast electromagnetics: THz beams. 9780470473467
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