Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Ultrafast Phenomena

This book describes the basic physical principles of techniques to generate and ultrashort pulse lasers and applications to ultrafast spectroscopy of various materials covering chemical molecular compounds, solid-state materials, exotic novel materials including topological materials, biological molecules and bio- and synthetic polymers. It introduces non-linear optics which provides the basics of generation and measurement of pulses and application examples of ultrafast spectroscopy to solid state physics. Also it provide not only material properties but also material processing procedures. The book describes also details of the world shortest visible laser and DUV lasers developed by the author's group. It is composed of the following 12 Sections: The special features of this book is that it is written by a single author with a few collaborators in a systematic way. Hence it provides a comprehensive and systematic description of the research field of ultrashort pulse lasers and ultrafast spectroscopy. - Generation of ultrashort pulses in deep ultraviolet to near infrared - Generation of ultrashort pulses in terahertz - Carrier envelope phase (CEP) - Simple NLO processes with a few colors - Multi-color involved NLO processes - Multi-color ultrashort pulse generation - NLO materials - NLO processes in time-resolved spectroscopy - Low dimension materials - Conductors and superconductors - Chemical reactions and material processing - Photobiological reactions

Takayoshi Kobayashi, Titles: Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, Chair professor of National Chiao-Tung University, Guest professors of Univ. of Electro-Communications and Tokyo University of Science, Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo Research activities > 660 original papers in international journals and >300 review articles. Awards: 2000-present: Fellow of the Optical Society of America 2005-present: Chair Professor, National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan. 2011: Humboldt Award, Outstanding Research in the Development of Ultrashort Pulse Laser and Ultrafast Processes in Molecules 2013: Fellow of the Chemical Society of Japan 2015: Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (at present Optica)

1. Generation of ultrashort pulses in deep ultraviolet to near infrared. 2. Generation of ultrashort pulses in terahertz. 3. CEP (Octave-span). 4. Simple NLO processes with a few colors. 5. Multi-color involved NLO processes. 6. Broadband. 7. NLO materials. 8. NLO processes in time-resolved spectroscopy. 9. Low D materials. 10. Conductors and superconductors. 11. Chemical reactions and Material processing. 12. Photobiological reactions. 13. Acknowledgements.