Recent improvements in the performance of light sources, i.e. reduction in pulse length and increases in wavelength range and power levels, have led to ultrafast technology becoming a basic tool in a wide variety of scientific fields. This book describes the remarkable technological improvements and results of new applications in the natural sciences and various engineering fields.

Inhalt
I Ultrashort Pulse Generation.- II High Intensity Sources and Interactions.- III Spectroscopic Techniques and Nonlinear Optics.- IV Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers.- V Optoelectronics.- VI Quantum Wells; Reduced Dimensionality.- VII Semiconductors; Solid-State Physics.- VIII Coherent Phonons.- IX Superconductors.- X Interfaces and Surfaces.- XI Electron or Proton Transfer and Solvation.- XII Chemical Dynamics.- XIII Biology.- Index of Contributors.