Contemporary ultrafast science requires reliable sources of high-energy few-cycle light
pulses. Currently two methods are capable of generating such pulses: post compression of …

Ultrafast lasers reaching extremely high powers within short fractions of time enable a
plethora of applications. They grant advanced material processing capabilities, are effective …

Femtosecond pulse generation was pioneered four decades ago using mode-locked dye
lasers, which dominated the field for the following 20 years. Dye lasers were then replaced …

The petawatt (PW) laser has experienced a rapid development in the past two decades, and
tens of giant facilities have been constructed worldwide. After realizing 10–100 PW, it seems …

Intense ultrashort light pulses comprising merely a few wave cycles became routinely
available by the turn of the millennium. The technologies underlying their production and …

The rise time of intense radiation determines the maximum field strength atoms can be
exposed to before their polarizability dramatically drops due to the detachment of an outer …

A comprehensive treatment of ultrafast optics This book fills the need for a thorough and
detailed account of ultrafast optics. Written by one of the most preeminent researchers in the …

The amplitude and frequency of laser light can be routinely measured and controlled on a
femtosecond (10-15 s) timescale. However, in pulses comprising just a few wave cycles, the …

We investigated the initial modification and ablation of crystalline silicon with single and
multiple Ti: sapphire laser pulses of 5 to 400 fs duration. In accordance with earlier …

We report measurements of the optical breakdown threshold and ablation depth in
dielectrics with different band gaps for laser pulse durations ranging from 5 ps to 5 fs at a …