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1 | (31) |
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Introduction to Ultrashort Laser Pulses |
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1 | (3) |
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Brief Review of Electromagnetics |
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4 | (6) |
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4 | (2) |
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The Wave Equation and Plane Waves |
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6 | (2) |
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Poynting's Vector and Power Flow |
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8 | (2) |
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Review of Laser Essentials |
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10 | (12) |
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Steady-State Laser Operation |
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10 | (5) |
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Gain and Gain Saturation in Four-Level Atoms |
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15 | (2) |
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Gaussian Beams and Transverse Laser Modes |
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17 | (5) |
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Introduction to Ultrashort Pulse Generation Through Mode-Locking |
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22 | (3) |
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Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms |
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25 | (7) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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Principles of Mode-Locking |
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32 | (53) |
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Processes Involved in Mode-Locking |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (11) |
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34 | (6) |
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Frequency-Domain Treatment |
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40 | (3) |
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Variations of Active Mode-Locking |
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43 | (1) |
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Passive Mode-Locking Using Saturable Absorbers |
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44 | (13) |
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47 | (3) |
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Slow Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking |
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50 | (4) |
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Fast Saturable Absorber Mode-Locking |
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54 | (3) |
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Solid-State Laser Mode-Locking Using the Optical Kerr Effect |
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57 | (28) |
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Nonlinear Refractive Index Changes |
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57 | (1) |
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Self-Amplitude Modulation, Self-Phase Modulation, and Group Velocity Dispersion |
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58 | (2) |
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Additive Pulse Mode-Locking |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (11) |
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75 | (6) |
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Initiation of Mode-Locking |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (2) |
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Ultrafast-pulse Measurement Methods |
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85 | (62) |
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Terminology and Definitions |
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85 | (3) |
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Electric Field Autocorrelation Measurements and the Power Spectrum |
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88 | (3) |
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Electric Field Cross-Correlation Measurements and Spectral Interferometry |
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91 | (8) |
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Electric Field Cross-Correlation |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (3) |
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Application: Optical Coherence Tomography |
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96 | (3) |
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Intensity Correlation Measurements |
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99 | (13) |
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Correlation Measurements Using Second-Harmonic Generation |
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99 | (9) |
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108 | (2) |
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Correlation Measurements Using Two-Photon absorption |
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110 | (1) |
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Higher-Order Correlation Techniques |
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111 | (1) |
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Chirped Pulses and Measurements in the Time-Frequency Domain |
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112 | (6) |
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Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating |
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118 | (12) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (2) |
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Second-Harmonic-Generation FROG |
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124 | (1) |
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Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Using Temporal Phase Modulation |
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125 | (1) |
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Signal Recovery from FROG Traces |
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126 | (4) |
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Pulse Measurements Based on Frequency Filtering |
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130 | (5) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (1) |
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Self-Referencing Interferometry |
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135 | (4) |
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Time-Domain Interferometry of Chirped Pulses |
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135 | (2) |
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Self-Referencing Spectral Interferometry |
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137 | (2) |
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Characterization of Noise and Jitter |
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139 | (8) |
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144 | (3) |
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Dispersion and Dispersion Compensation |
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147 | (51) |
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Group Velocity Dispersion |
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147 | (8) |
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Group Velocity Definition and General Dispersion Relations |
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147 | (4) |
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General Aspects of Material Dispersion |
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151 | (4) |
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Temporal Dispersion Based on Angular Dispersion |
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155 | (6) |
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Relation Between Angular and Temporal Dispersion |
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155 | (4) |
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Angular Dispersion and Tilted Intensity Fronts |
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159 | (2) |
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Dispersion of Grating Pairs |
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161 | (5) |
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Dispersion of Prism Pairs |
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166 | (7) |
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Dispersive Properties of Lenses |
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173 | (4) |
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Dispersion of Mirror Structures |
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177 | (9) |
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The Gires-Tournois Interferometer |
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178 | (2) |
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Quarter-Wave Stack High Reflectors |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (4) |
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Measurements of Group Velocity Dispersion |
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186 | (5) |
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187 | (3) |
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Frequency-Domain Intracavity Dispersion Measurements |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (7) |
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Frequency-Dependent Phase Due to Propagation Through a Slab: Alternative Derivation |
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191 | (1) |
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Impedance Method for Analysis of Dielectric Mirror Stacks |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (3) |
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Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Second Order |
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198 | (60) |
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Introduction to Nonlinear Optics |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (3) |
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Frequency-Domain Formulation |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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Summary of Continuous-Wave Second-Harmonic Generation |
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204 | (16) |
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207 | (2) |
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Phase Matching in Birefringent Media |
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209 | (6) |
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Focusing Effects in Continuous-Wave SHG |
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215 | (5) |
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Second-Harmonic Generation with Pulses |
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220 | (17) |
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SHG in the Quasi-Continuous-Wave Limit |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (7) |
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228 | (5) |
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Effect of Group Velocity Walk-off on SHG-Based Pulse Measurements |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (16) |
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240 | (4) |
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Difference Frequency Generation |
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244 | (1) |
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Optical Parametric Amplification |
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245 | (8) |
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253 | (5) |
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Spatial Walk-off and Pulse Fronts in Anisotropic Media |
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253 | (1) |
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Velocity Matching in Broadband Noncollinear Three-Wave Mixing |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (2) |
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Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics: Third Order |
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258 | (58) |
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Propagation Equation for Nonlinear Refractive Index Media |
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258 | (8) |
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Plane Waves in Uniform Media |
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260 | (1) |
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Nonlinear Propagation in Waveguides |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (2) |
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The Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (6) |
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Dispersionless Self-Phase Modulation |
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270 | (3) |
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Dispersionless Self-Phase Modulation with Loss |
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273 | (1) |
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Self-Phase Modulation with Normal Dispersion |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (7) |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (5) |
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Higher-Order Propagation Effects |
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291 | (19) |
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Nonlinear Envelope Equation in Uniform Media |
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292 | (3) |
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Nonlinear Envelope Equation in Waveguides |
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295 | (1) |
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Delayed Nonlinear Response and the Raman Effect |
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296 | (10) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (6) |
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313 | (3) |
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Mode-Locking: Selected Advanced Topics |
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316 | (46) |
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Soliton Fiber Lasers: Artificial Fast Saturable Absorbers |
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316 | (12) |
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317 | (5) |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (4) |
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Soliton Mode-Locking: Active Modulation and Slow Saturable Absorbers |
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328 | (9) |
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Harmonically Mode-Locked Soliton Fiber Lasers |
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328 | (2) |
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The Net Gain Window in Soliton Mode-Locking |
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330 | (7) |
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Stretched Pulse Mode-Locking |
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337 | (7) |
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Stretched Pulse Mode-Locked Fiber Laser |
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337 | (3) |
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Dispersion-Managed Solitons |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (2) |
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Mode-Locked Lasers in the Few-Cycle Regime |
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344 | (3) |
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Mode-Locked Frequency Combs |
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347 | (15) |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (4) |
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Stabilization of Frequency Combs |
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354 | (2) |
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356 | (4) |
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360 | (2) |
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Manipulation of Ultrashort Pulses |
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362 | (60) |
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Fourier Transform Pulse Shaping |
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362 | (24) |
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Examples of Pulse Shaping Using Fixed Masks |
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364 | (5) |
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Programmable Pulse Shaping |
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369 | (7) |
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376 | (10) |
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Other Pulse-Shaping Techniques |
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386 | (8) |
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Direct Space-to-Time Pulse Shaping |
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386 | (4) |
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Acousto-optic Dispersive Filters |
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390 | (4) |
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Chirp Processing and Time Lenses |
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394 | (11) |
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394 | (3) |
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397 | (2) |
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399 | (6) |
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Ultrashort-Pulse Amplification |
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405 | (11) |
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406 | (5) |
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Special Issues in Femtosecond Amplifiers |
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411 | (5) |
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416 | (6) |
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Fresnel Diffraction and Fourier Transform Property of a Lens |
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416 | (2) |
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Wave Optics Model of a Grating |
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418 | (2) |
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420 | (2) |
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Ultrafast Time-Resolved Spectroscopy |
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422 | (85) |
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Introduction to Ultrafast Spectroscopy |
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422 | (4) |
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Degenerate Pump-Probe Transmission Measurements |
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426 | (13) |
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Co-polarized Fields: Scalar Treatment |
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426 | (5) |
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Vector Fields and Orientational Effects |
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431 | (8) |
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Nondegenerate and Spectrally Resolved Pump-Probe: Case Studies |
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439 | (12) |
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Femtosecond Pump-Probe Studies of Dye Molecules |
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440 | (4) |
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Femtosecond Pump-Probe Studies of GaAs |
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444 | (7) |
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Basic Quantum Mechanics for Coherent Short-Pulse Spectroscopies |
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451 | (9) |
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Some Basic Quantum Mechanics |
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451 | (5) |
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456 | (4) |
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460 | (9) |
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Example: Semiconductor Quantum Wells |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (7) |
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469 | (30) |
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469 | (6) |
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475 | (6) |
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Measurement of Dephasing Using Transient Gratings |
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481 | (13) |
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Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy |
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494 | (5) |
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Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering |
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499 | (8) |
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505 | (2) |
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Terahertz Time-Domain Electromagnetics |
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507 | (26) |
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Ultrafast Electromagnetics: Transmission Lines |
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507 | (9) |
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Photoconductive Generation and Sampling |
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507 | (6) |
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513 | (3) |
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Ultrafast Electromagnetics: Terahertz Beams |
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516 | (17) |
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Generation and Measurement of Terahertz Pulses |
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517 | (10) |
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Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging |
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527 | (4) |
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531 | (2) |
| References |
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533 | (30) |
| Index |
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