Ultrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists /

The use of ultrafast lasers has expanded beyond use by specialist laser physicists and is increasingly commonplace in both physical and life sciences, where the high intensities, broad bandwidths, and short pulse durations make them ideal for investigating a wide range of chemical and physical pheno...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pickering, James David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]
Series:IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.
Subjects:
Laser pulses, Ultrashort.
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy.
Nonlinear optics.
Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry.
SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Fundamentals 1. Lasers
  • 1.1. Why lasers?
  • 1.2. Laser action
  • 1.3. Oscillators and amplifiers
  • 2. Laser light and laser beams
  • 2.1. Laser light
  • 2.2. Gaussian beams
  • 3. Dispersion
  • 3.1. Origins of dispersion
  • 3.2. Dispersion, ultrafast pulses, and chirp
  • 3.3. Propagation through a dispersive medium
  • 3.4. Group delay dispersion
  • 3.5. Predicting broadening from dispersion
  • 3.6. Dispersion of optical elements
  • 3.7. Pulse compression--compensating for dispersion
  • 4. Non-linear optics
  • 4.1. Non-linear material response
  • 4.2. Non-linear frequency mixing
  • 4.3. Optical parametric amplification
  • 5. Generating ultrashort pulses
  • 5.1. Laser systems
  • 5.2. Oscillators
  • 5.3. Amplifiers
  • 5.4. Pulse compression
  • 6. Characterising ultrashort pulses
  • 6.1. Temporal characterisation
  • 6.2. Spatial characterisation
  • 6.3. Energy characterisation
  • part II. Practical ultrafast optics. 7. Optical elements
  • 7.1. General considerations
  • 7.2. Mirrors
  • 7.3. Beamsplitters
  • 7.4. Polarisation optics
  • 7.5. Focussing optics
  • 7.6. Gratings and prisms
  • 7.7. Windows and filters
  • 7.8. Optomechanics
  • 8. Building a beamline
  • 8.1. Safety!
  • 8.2. Planning
  • 8.3. Optical building
  • 9. Case study : pump-probe beamline
  • 9.1. Initial equipment
  • 9.2. Requirements
  • 9.3. Design and construction.

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