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Robert R. Alfano 
The Supercontinuum Laser Source 
Fundamentals with Updated References

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This new edition of a classic in the field has been expanded and enriched with new content and updated references.  


The book covers the fundamental principles and surveys research of current thinkers and experts in the field with updated references of the key breakthroughs over the past decade and a half.

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Alfano’s The Supercontinuum Laser Source 2/e Contents New Preface 1989 Edition Preface Contributors Part I: Fundamentals Chapter 1 Theory of Self Phase Modulation and Spectral Boradening Y.R. Shen and Guo-Zhen Yang Chapter 2 Supercontinuum Generation and Condensed Matter Q.Z. Wang, P.P. Ho, and R.R. Alfano Chapter 3 Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers Govind P. Agrawal Chapter 4 Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses P.L. Baldeck, P.P. Ho, and R.R. Alfano Chapter 5 Simple Models of Self-Phase and Induced-Phase Modulation Jamal T. Manassah Chapter 6 Self-steepening of Optical Pulses B.R. Suydam Chapter 7 Self-focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases Paul B. Corkum and Claude Rolland Chapter 8 Utilization of UV and IR Supercontinua in Gas-Phase Subpicosecond Kinetic Spectroscopy J.H. Glownia, J. Misewich, and P.P. Sorokin Chapter 9 Applications of Supercontinuum: Present and Future R.Dorsinville, P.P. Ho, Jamal T. Manassah, and R.R. Alfano Chapter 10 Pulse Compression in Single-Mode Fibers—Picoseconds to Femtoseconds A.M. Johnson and C.V. Shank Index Part II: New Developments Chapter 11 Coherence Properties of the Supercontinuum Source I. Zeylikovich and R.R. Alfano Chapter 12 Supercontinuum Generation in Materials (Solids, Liquids, Gases, Air) Summary Updated References Chapter 13 Supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber Summary Updated References Chapter 14 Supercontinuum in wavelength division multiplex telecommunication Summary Updated References Chapter 15 Femtosecond Pump – Supercontinuum Probe for Applications in Semiconductors, Biology and Chemistry Summary Updated References Chapter 16 Supercontinuum in optical coherence tomography Summary Updated References Chapter 17 Supercontinuum in fs carrier-envelope phase stabilization Summary Updated References Chapter 18 Supercontinuum in ultrafast pulse compression Summary Updated References Chapter 19 Supercontinuum in time and frequency metrology Summary Updated References Chapter 20 Supercontinuum in Atmospheric Science Summary Updated References Chapter 21 Coherence of the Supercontinuum Summary Updated References

About the author

Dr. Robert R. Alfano’s accomplishments in the field include:
Seminal patent on the supercontinuum.
Discovery of the supercontinuum.
Fellow of APS, OSA, IEEE, AP Sloan Fellow, published three (3) Physical Review Letters in one volume in 1970 on the supercontinuum.
700 published works, 80 patents, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering.
Photonic and ultrafast phenomena expert
Inventor of Cr4+ tunable lasers
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 538 ● ISBN 9780387250977 ● File size 6.1 MB ● Editor Robert R. Alfano ● Publisher Springer New York ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2006 ● Edition 2 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2144112 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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