Femtosecond Laser Pulses

This smooth introduction for advanced undergraduate students starts with the fundamentals of lasers and pulsed optics. Thus prepared, the student learns how to generate short and ultrashort laser pulses, how to manipulate them, and how to measure them. Finally, spectroscopic implications are discussed. This rounded text gives the student an up-to-date introduction to one of the most exciting fields in laser physics.

...this recent book proved most enjoyable...the editor has done an excellent job in compiling a set of well connected contributions. The clue to this can be found in the preface which explains that the book is based on lecture notes generated fo an annual training course...this lucid book as basic text useful for both students and teachers...(The Australian&New Zealand Physicist 36 (1999) 1, p. 35)