1st Edition

Ultrashort Pulse Lasers and Ultrafast Phenomena

By Takayoshi Kobayashi Copyright 2023
708 Pages 278 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

708 Pages 278 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

708 Pages 278 Color & 60 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book describes the basic physical principles of techniques to generate and ultrashort pulse lasers and applications to ultrafast spectroscopy of various materials covering chemical molecular compounds, solid-state materials, exotic novel materials including topological materials, biological molecules and bio- and synthetic polymers. It introduces non-linear optics which provides the basics... Read more

1. Generation of ultrashort pulses in deep ultraviolet to near infrared. 2. Generation of ultrashort pulses in terahertz. 3. CEP (Octave-span). 4. Simple NLO processes with a few colors. 5. Multi-color involved NLO processes. 6. Broadband. 7. NLO materials. 8. NLO processes in time-resolved spectroscopy. 9. Low D materials. 10. Conductors and superconductors. 11. Chemical reactions and Material processing. 12. Photobiological reactions. 13. Acknowledgements.

Biography

Takayoshi Kobayashi,

Titles: Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo, Chair professor of National Chiao-Tung University, Guest professors of Univ. of Electro-Communications and Tokyo University of Science, Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo

Research activities

For more than 35 years, research on the development of ultrafast lasers and on ultrafast spectroscopy. From about 7 years ago, the development of photothermal super-resolution microscope and its applications to biological and medical research. > 660 original papers in international journals and >300 review articles.

Awards:

2000-present: Fellow of the Optical Society of America

2005-present: Chair Professor, National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan.

2011: Humboldt Award, Outstanding Research in the Development of Ultrashort Pulse Laser and Ultrafast Processes in Molecules

2013: Fellow of the Chemical Society of Japan

2015: Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (at present Optica)