Optics of femtosecond laser pulses

blurb & Contents The Wave Optics Of Ultrashort Pulses--an Area Experiencing Rapid Growth--is Closely Scrutinized In This Completely Up-to-date Survey, Which Emphasizes New Problems Connected With The Propagation Of The Shortest Possible Pulses. You'll Find A Presentation Of The Principles Of The Fourier Optics Of Short Wave Packets Propagating In Linear Dispersive Media. Discusses The Development Of Femtosecond Laser Systems Along With The Feasibility Of Controlling Pulse Shape. Contents: Short Optical Pulses In Linear Dispersive Media. Self-action Of Optical Pulses; Self-modulation, Self-compression, Solitons, And Instabilities. Parametric Interactions And Coherent Scattering Of Femtosecond Pulses. Fast Phase Control. Compression And Shaping Of Optical Pulses. Optical Solitons. Picosecond And Femtosecond Pulses In Optical Information Systems. booknews an Updated And Translated Edition Of The Monograph Originally Published In Russian In 1988, Examining One Of The Most Significant Advances In Modern Laser Physics--the Development Of Methods For Generating And Shaping Optical Pulses A Few Femtoseconds Long. The Authors Explore The Result Of Current Research, Including Recent Theoretical And Experimental Investigations Of Linear And Nonlinear Propagation Of Ultrashort Laser Pulses. In Addition, They Scrutinize Those Emerging Branches Of Optics, X-ray Physics, And Plasma Physics That Result From Progress In The Science And Technology Of High-power Femtosecond Pulses. Extensive Bibliography. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)