Basics of Ultrafast Optics with Computational Examples
Contents
Basics of Ultrafast Optics with Computational Examples¶
This book serves as an introduction to the basics of ultrafast optics with an emphasis on computational methods with examples. While many texts exist that already cover analytical methods for ultrafast optics, here we rather spend more time on developing tools and techniques for the computational analysis of ultrafast optics.
Topics covered include:
Introduction to complex notation for representing ultrafast pulses in the time and frequency domains
Pulse interactions with reflecting/transmitting elements and cavities
Linear pulse propagation in dispersive media
Nonlinear pulse propagation in dispersive media with an emphasis on self-phase modulation and supercontinuum generation
Fundamentals of mode-locking
Fundamentals of pulse characterization with examples
Phase retrieval using Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG)
Waveform measurements using nonlinear cross-correlations
Table of Contents¶
- Chapter 1 – Introduction to Notation and Core Principles of Ultafast Pulse Formation
- Chapter 2 – Ultrafast Pulses in Cavities
- Chapter 4 – Nonlinear Pulse Propagation: Self-Phase Modulation, Soliton Formation, Supercontinuum Generation, and Ultrafast Nonlinear Switching
- Chapter 5 – Mode-Locking
- Chapter 6 – Phase-Retrieval for Optical Pulse Characterization Using FROG