In ultrashort laser pulse systems, optical dispersion can cause severe distortion of the
spectral phase and thus significantly affect the pulse shape. To address this problem, this …

Pulse shaping techniques are used to improve the selectivity of broadband CARS
experiments, and to reject the overwhelming background. Knowledge about the fitness …

Femtosecond laser pulse temporal shaping techniques have led to important advances in
different research fields like photochemistry, laser physics, non-linear optics, biology, or …

Finding an optimal phase pattern in a multidimensional solution landscape becomes easier
and faster if local optima are suppressed and contour lines are tailored towards closed …

Optical control of chemical reactivity is achieved through the use of photonic reagents, that
is,“shaped” ultrafast optical pulses created using a pulse shaper. It has been demonstrated …

In this work, we have developed and implemented a powerful search strategy for
optimization of nonlinear optical effects by means of femtosecond pulse shaping, based on …

This thesis describes improvements of chemical selectivity and contrast in coherent Raman
scattering (CRS) spectroscopy and microscopy. Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) and …

Ultrafast laser pulses can be used to initiate, probe, and control molecular dynamics. In a
typical pump-probe experiment, spectra are collected as a function of delay between two …

We investigate the benefits of estimating the group delay spectrum (as opposed to the phase
spectrum) on the performance of an adaptive laser pulse shaping experiment. We use both …

In 1960, the work of T. Maiman led to one of the major technological breakthrough of the
20th century: the LASER.[1] In the year of its 50th anniversary, we can say that the laser has …