Ultrafast Optics

Preface

1. Introduction and review

1.1 Introduction to ultrashort laser pulses

1.2 Brief review of electromagnetics

1.3 Review of laser essentials

1.4 Introduction to ultrashort pulse generation through mode-locking

1.5 Fourier series and Fourier transforms

2. Principles of mode-locking: I 55

2.1 Processes involved in mode-locking

2.2 Activemode-locking

2.3 Passive mode-locking using saturable absorbers

2.4 Solid-state laser mode-locking using the optical Kerr effect

3. Ultrafast pulse measurement methods

3.1 Terminology and definitions

3.2 Electric field autocorrelation measurements and the power spectrum

3.3 Electric field cross-correlation measurements and spectral interferometry

3.4 Intensity correlation measurements

3.5 Chirped pulses and measurements in the time-frequency domain

3.6 Frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG)

3.7 Pulse measurements based on frequency filtering

3.8 Self-referencing interferometry

3.9 Characterization of noise and jitter

4. Dispersion and dispersion compensation

4.1 Group velocity dispersion

4.2 Temporal dispersion based on angular dispersion

4.3 Dispersion of grating pairs

4.4 Dispersion of prism pairs

4.5 Dispersive properties of lenses

4.6 Dispersion of mirror structures

4.7 Measurements of group velocity dispersion

4.8 Appendices

5. Ultrafast nonlinear optics: second order

5.1 Introduction to nonlinear optics

5.2 The forced wave equation

5.3 Summary of continuous-wave second harmonic generation

5.4 Second harmonic generation with pulses

5.5 Three-wave interactions

5.6 Appendices

6. Ultrafast nonlinear optics: third order

6.1 Propagation equation for nonlinear refractive index media

6.2 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation

6.3 Self-phasemodulation

6.4 Pulse compression

6.5 Modulational instability

6.6 Solitons

6.7 Higher-order propagation effects

6.8 Continuum generation

7. Mode-locking:

Andrew M. Weiner is the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Professor Weiner is the coeditor of two conference proceedings and has published six book chapters, over 200 journal articles, and over 350 conference papers. His research focuses on ultrafast optical signal processing, high-speed optical communications, and ultrabroadband radio-frequency photonics. He is especially well known for pioneering the field of femtosecond pulse shaping, for which he has received numerous awards.