Ultrafast optics of solid density plasma using multicolor probes

Roadmap on ultrafast optics

The year 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of modern ultrafast optics, since the demonstration of the first Kerr lens modelocked Ti:sapphire laser in 1990 [a] heralded an explosion of scientific and engineering innovation. The impact of this disruptive technology extended well beyond the previous discipline boundaries of lasers, reaching into biology labs, manufacturing facilities, and even cons...

Ultrafast Semiconductor Quantum Optics

Ultrafast Time-domain Optics

ticle provides a foundation for appreciating some of the key issues that arise in the computational aspects of ultrafast time-domain optics. Because temporal dispersion exists in all materials, it is fundamental to describing the optical field in material bodies when the field is pulsed, especially when the pulse is either ultrashort or ultrawideband. Temporal dispersion implies that the materi...

The Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics Facility

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Fiber-lasers for ultrafast optics

The current status of a fiber-based ultrafast technology is reviewed. Pulse generation techniques capable of producing femtosecond pulses are discussed. Here we describe passive and active–passive mode locking techniques as well as linear and nonlinear fiber amplifiers. Thirtyfemtosecond pulses may be generated directly from fiber oscillators or by implementing pulse compression techniques. The...