TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pickering,James David
ED  - Institute of Physics (Great Britain),
TI  - Ultrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists
T2  - [IOP release $release]
SN  - 9780750361996
AV  - QC689.5.L37 P538 2024eb
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
PB  - IOP Publishing
KW  - Laser pulses, Ultrashort
KW  - Nonlinear optical spectroscopy
KW  - Nonlinear optics
KW  - Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry
KW  - bicssc
KW  - SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - "Version: 20241201"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references; part I. Fundamentals. 1. Lasers and laser light -- 1.1. Why lasers? -- 1.2. Laser action -- 1.3. Laser light -- 1.4. Gaussian beams; 2. 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 miscellany; 3. Nonlinear optics -- 3.1. Nonlinear material response -- 3.2. Nonlinear frequency mixing -- 3.3. Optical parametric amplification; part 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 miscellany; 5. Characterising ultrashort pulses -- 5.1. Temporal characterisation -- 5.2. Spatial characterisation -- 5.3. Energy characterisation; 6. 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 miscellany; 7. Building a beamline -- 7.1. Laser safety -- 7.2. Planning -- 7.3. Optical building -- 7.4. Common sub-assemblies; 8. Case studies -- 8.1. Gas-phase photochemistry -- 8.2. Transient absorption spectroscopy -- 8.3. Other beamlines; Appendix A. Electromagnetic waves -- Appendix B. Useful resources -- Appendix C. Suppliers -- Appendix D. Frequency mixing detail -- Appendix E. Convolution; Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers; General/trade/professional and scholarly; Also available in print
N2  - This 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
UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-6199-6
ER  -