Fundamentals of Femtosecond Optics Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials Series

Femtosecond optics involves the study of ultra-short pulses of light. Understanding the behaviour of these light pulses makes it possible to develop ultra-fast lasers with a wide range of applications in such areas as medical imaging, chemical analysis and micro-machining. Written by two leading experts in the field, this book reviews the theory of the interaction of femtosecond light pulses with matter, femtosecond lasers and laser systems, and the principles of femtosecond coherent spectroscopy of impurity amorphous media.

Theory of the interaction of femtosecond light pulses with matter; Femtosecond lasers and laser systems; Principles of femtosecond coherent spectroscopy of impurity amorphous media.

Sergey A. Kozlov is Professor in and Dean of the Faculty of Photonics and Optoinformatics at the St Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia.
Vitaly Samartsev is internationally-known for his research in the field of laser cooling of solids.