The observation of coherent dynamics ensuing from the excitation of molecular systems by
femtosecond laser pulses is at the heart of femtochemistry. The time-dependent evolution of …

▪ Abstract Chemical reaction and optical dynamics in the liquid phase are strongly affected
by specific solute-solvent interactions. The dynamical part of this coupling leads to energy …

We summarize the problem of measuring an ultrashort laser pulse and describe in detail a
technique that completely characterizes a pulse in time: frequency-resolved optical gating …

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 …

We discuss the use of second-harmonic generation (SHG) as the nonlinearity in the
technique of frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) for measuring the full intensity and …

An electrostatically deformable, gold-coated, silicon nitride membrane mirror was used as a
phase modulator to compress pulses from 92 to 15?? fs. Both an iterative genetic algorithm …

We use the algorithmic method of generalized projections (GP's) to retrieve the intensity and
phase of an ultrashort laser pulse from the experimental trace in frequency-resolved optical …

We show that frequency-resolved optical gating combined with spectral interferometry yields
an extremely sensitive and general method for temporal characterization of nearly arbitrarily …

By use of the recently developed technique of guided-wave frequency conversion, the
generation of sub-10-fs light pulses in the UV has been demonstrated for what is believed to …

Ultrafast laser pulses at mid-infrared wavelengths (2–20 μm) interact strongly with molecules
due to the resonance with their vibration modes. This enables their application in frequency …