05611nam a2200697 i 45000010014000000030004000140050017000180060019000350070015000540080041000690200025001100200024001350200025001590200027001840240035002110350025002460350022002710400040002930500029003330720017003620720023003791000037004022450076004392500020005152640098005353000071006333360021007043370026007253380032007514900027007834900034008105000043008445040041008875050136009285050357010645050136014215050212015575050139017695050260019085050120021685050119022885050162024075060075025695200841026445210046034855300029035315380036035605380078035965450739036745880060044136500030044736500036045036500022045396500068045616500057046297100054046867760049047408300031047898300034048208560059048549780750361996IOP20251030124834.0m    eo  d        cr cn |||m|||a250117s2024    enka   fob    000 0 eng d  a9780750361996qebook  a9780750361989qmobi  z9780750361972qprint  z9780750362009qmyPrint7 a10.1088/978-0-7503-6199-62doi  a(CaBNVSL)thg00084098  a(OCoLC)1485260030  aCaBNVSLbengerdacCaBNVSLdCaBNVSL 4aQC689.5.L37bP538 2024eb 7aPNFS2bicssc 7aSCI0780002bisacsh1 aPickering, James David,eauthor.1 aUltrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists /cJames D. Pickering.  aSecond edition. 1aBristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :bIOP Publishing,c[2024]  a1 online resource (various pagings) :billustrations (some color).  atext2rdacontent  aelectronic2isbdmedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier1 a[IOP release $release]1 aIOP ebooks. [2024 collection]  a"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  apart I. Fundamentals. 1. Lasers and laser light -- 1.1. Why lasers? -- 1.2. Laser action -- 1.3. Laser light -- 1.4. Gaussian beams8 a2. Bandwidth and dispersion -- 2.1. Origins of dispersion -- 2.2. Dispersion, ultrafast pulses, and chirp -- 2.3. Propagation through a dispersive medium -- 2.4. Group delay dispersion -- 2.5. Predicting broadening from dispersion -- 2.6. Higher order dispersion -- 2.7. Pulse compression--compensating for dispersion -- 2.8. Broad bandwidth miscellany8 a3. Nonlinear optics -- 3.1. Nonlinear material response -- 3.2. Nonlinear frequency mixing -- 3.3. Optical parametric amplification8 apart II. Practical ultrafast optics. 4. Generating ultrashort pulses -- 4.1. Fundamentals -- 4.2. Ultrafast laser systems -- 4.3. Amplifiers -- 4.4. Optical parametric amplifiers -- 4.5. Amplifier miscellany8 a5. Characterising ultrashort pulses -- 5.1. Temporal characterisation -- 5.2. Spatial characterisation -- 5.3. Energy characterisation8 a6. Manipulating ultrashort pulses -- 6.1. Spatial manipulation -- 6.2. Temporal manipulation -- 6.3. Polarisation manipulation -- 6.4. Frequency manipulation -- 6.5. Power manipulation -- 6.6. General optical considerations -- 6.7. Manipulation miscellany8 a7. Building a beamline -- 7.1. Laser safety -- 7.2. Planning -- 7.3. Optical building -- 7.4. Common sub-assemblies8 a8. Case studies -- 8.1. Gas-phase photochemistry -- 8.2. Transient absorption spectroscopy -- 8.3. Other beamlines8 aAppendix A. Electromagnetic waves -- Appendix B. Useful resources -- Appendix C. Suppliers -- Appendix D. Frequency mixing detail -- Appendix E. Convolution.  aFull-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.3 aThis book is designed to equip someone with minimal experience using lasers and optics with the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively using an ultrafast laser system in their lab. This new edition features more information on different laser architectures, including explicit discussion of the differences between Ti:Sa and Yb:fibre lasers, and these are highlighted throughout where differences are relevant. Other sections have been expanded so that they now include better explanations and more context, content, and examples. 'Ultrafast Lasers and Optics for Experimentalists (Second Edition)' is intended for diverse audience: it codifies the basic principles of ultrafast laser operation and practical use, and explains key physical phenomena in an accessible and intuitive way, without recourse to dense mathematics.  aGeneral/trade/professional and scholarly.  aAlso available in print.  aMode of access: World Wide Web.  aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.  aJames David Pickering is a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Leicester. Originally from Essex, he attended Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form and obtained his MChem in Chemistry at Jesus College, University of Oxford, and his PhD in Chemistry at Aarhus University. Following this, he returned to the UK and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, where he also taught extensively in physical chemistry and mathematics. His research interests lie in the application of ultrafast and nonlinear spectroscopy. James is a committed and passionate scientific educator and teaches extensively across the physical natural sciences. He is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on January 17, 2025).  aLaser pulses, Ultrashort.  aNonlinear optical spectroscopy.  aNonlinear optics. 7aSpectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry.2bicssc 7aSCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis.2bisacsh2 aInstitute of Physics (Great Britain),epublisher. 8iPrint version:z9780750361972z9780750362009 0aIOP (Series).pRelease 24.  aIOP ebooks.p2024 collection.4 uhttps://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-6199-6