本书主要面向高年级本科生，首先阐述了激光和脉冲光学的基础知识；然后分别介绍短/超短激光脉冲及其产生、操控和测量以及分光镜的应用。本书在第一版的基础上作了全面的修订，增加两章以介绍超快现象中最有前景和发展最快的领域——相干控制和阿秒脉冲。

本书目录：

Preface

Contributors

1 Laser Basics

C. Hirlimann

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Stimulated Emission

1.3 Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission

1.4 Population Inversion

1.5 Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE)

1.6 The Optical Cavity

1.7 Here Comes the Laser!

1.8 Conclusion

1.9 Problems

Further Reading

Historial References

2 Pulsed Optics

C. Hirlimann

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Linear Optics

2.3 Nonlinear Optics

2.4 Cascaded Nonlinearities

2.5 Problems

Further Reading

References

3 Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses:Mode-Locking

A. Ducasse, C. Rullière and B. Couillaud

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Principle of the Mode-Locked Operating Regime

3.3 General Considerations Concerning Mode-Locking

3.4 The Active Mode-Locking Method

3.5 Passive and Hybrid Mode-Locking Methods

3.6 Self-Locking of the Modes

References

4 Further Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses

C. Hirlimann

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Gas Lasers

4.3 Dye Lasers

4.4 Solid-State Lasers

4.5 Pulse Generation Without Mode-Locking

4.6 New Developments

4.7 Trends

References

5 Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers

T. Amand and X. Marie

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Semiconductor Lasers: Principle of Operation

5.3 Semiconductor Laser Devices

5.4 Semiconductor Lasers in Pulsed-Mode Operation

References

6 How to Manipulate and Change the Characteristics of Laser Pulses

F.Salin

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Pulse Compression

6.3 Amplification

6.4 Wavelength Tunability

6.5 Conclusion

6.6 Problems

References

7 How to Measure the Characteristics of Laser Pulses

L. Sarger and J. Oberlé

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Energy Measurements

7.3 Power Measurements

7.4 Measurement of the Pulse Temporal Profile

7.5 Spectral Measurements

7.6 Amplitude-Phase Measurements

References

8 Spectroscopic Methods for Analysis of Sample Dynamics

C. Rullière, T. Amand and X. Marie

8.1 Introduction

8.2 "Pump-Probe" Methods

8.3 Time-Resolved Emission Spectroscopy: Electronic Methods

8.4 Time-Resolved Emission Spectroscopy: Optical Methods

8.5 Time-Resolved Spectroscopy by Excitation Correlation

8.6 Transient-Grating Techniques

8.7 Studies Using the Kerr Effect

8.8 Laboratory Demonstrations

References

9 Coherent Effects in Femtosecond Spectroscopy: A Simple Picture Using the Bloch Equation

M. Joffre

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Theoretical Model

9.3 Applications to Femtosecond Spectroscopy

9.4 Multidimensional Spectroscopy

9.5 Conclusion

9.6 Problems

References

10 Terahertz Femtosecond Pulses

A. Bonvalet and M. Joffre

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Generation of Terahertz Pulses

10.3 Measurement of Terahertz Pulses

10.4 Some Experimental Results

10.5 Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy

10.6 Conclusion

10.7 Problems

References

11 Coherent Control in Atoms, Molecules and Solids

T. Amand, V. Blanchet, B. Girard and X. Marie

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Coherent Control in the Frequency Domain

11.3 Temporal Coherent Control

11.4 Coherent Control with Shaped Laser Pulses

11.5 Coherent Control in Strong Field

11.6 Conclusion

References

12 Attosecond Pulses

E. Constant and E. Mével

12.1 Introduction

12.2 High-Order Harmonic Generation: A Coherent, Short-Pulse XUV Source

12.3 Semiclassical Picture of HHG

12.4 High-Order Harmonic Generation as an Attosecond Pulse Source

12.5 Techniques for Measurement of Attosecond Pulses

12.6 Applications of Attosecond Pulses

12.7 Conclusion

References

Index