Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Ultrafast Phenomena

Introduces the basics of nonlinear optics which provides the generation and measurement of
ultrashort pulse lasers

Explains basic physical principle of ultrashort pulse laser construction

Describes detailed structure of the world shortest visible laser and DUV lasers

Introduces the scheme of ultrafast spectroscopy using the ultrashort pulse lasers

Provides several examples of the applications of ultrafast spectroscopy to solid state materials