Femtosecond Laser Pulses Claude Rulliere` (Ed.) Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Principles and Experiments
Second Edition
With 296 Figures, Including 3 Color Plates, and Numerous Experiments Professor Dr. Claude Rulli`ere Centre de Physique Mole´eculaire Optique et Hertzienne (CPMOH) Universit´e Bordeaux 1 351, cours de la Lib´eration 33405 TALENCE CEDEX, France and Commissariat ´a l’Energie Aromique (CEA) Centre d’Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques d’Aquitarine BP 2 33114 LE BARP, France
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Femtosecond laser pulses: principles and experiments / Claude Rulli`ere, (ed.). – [2nd ed.]. p. cm. – (Advanced texts in physics, ISSN 1439-2674) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3-387-01769-0 (acid-free paper) 1. Laser pulses, Ultrashort. 2. Nonlinear optics. I. Rulli`ere, Claude, 1947– . II. Series. QC689.5L37F46 2003 621.36’6—dc22 2003062207
ISBN 0-387-01769-0 Printed on acid-free paper.