"Coherence and Ultrashort Pulse Laser Emission" ed. by F. J. Duarte

In this volume, recent contributions on coherence provide a useful perspective on the diversity of various coherent sources of emission and coherent related phenomena of current interest. These papers provide a preamble for a larger collection of contributions on ultrashort pulse laser generation and ultrashort pulse laser phenomena.

Papers on ultrashort pulse phenomena include works on few cycle pulses, high-power generation, propagation in various media, to various applications of current interest.
Undoubtedly, this book offers a rich and practical perspective on this rapidly evolving field.



Contents
Preface
Part 1 Coherence and Quantum Phenomena
1 Electrically-Pumped Organic-Semiconductor Coherent Emission: A Review
2 Coherence of XUV Laser Sources
3 Laser Technology for Compact, Narrow-bandwidth Gamma-ray Sources
4 Quantum Manipulations of Single Trapped-lons Beyond the Lamb-Dicke Limit
5 Coherent Optical Phonons in Bismuth Crystal
6 Quantum Interference Signal from an Inhomogeneously Broadened System Excited by an Optically Phase-Controlled Laser-Pulse Pair
7 Quantum Control of Laser-driven Chiral Molecular Motors
8 Energy Approach to Atoms in a Laser Field and Quantum Dynamics with Laser Pulses of Different Shape
Part 2 Ultrashort Laser Pulse Emission and Applications
9 Second Harmonic Generation under Strong Influence of Dispersion and Cubic Nonlinearity Effects
10 Temporal Stretching of Short Pulses
11 Ultrafast Laser Pulse Synchronization
12 Carrier-Envelope Phase Stabilization of Grating Based Hiah-Power Ultrafast Laser
13 The Generation and Characterisation of Ultrashort Mid-Infrared Pulses
14 Contrast Improvement of Relativistic Few-Cycle Light Pulses
15 Modeling the Interaction of a Single-Cycle Laser Pulse With a Bound Electron Without Ionization
16 Ultrashort, Strongly Focused Laser Pulses in Free Space
17 Interaction of Short Laser Pulses with Gases and Ionized Gases
18 Characterisation and Manipulation of Proton Beams Accelerated by Ultra-Short and High-Contrast Laser Pulses
19 Picosecond Laser Pulse Distortion by Propagation through a Turbulent Atmosphere
20 Comparison between Finite-Difference Time- Domain Method and Experimental Results for Femtosecond Laser Pulse Propagation
21 Non Perturbative Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, TDDFT: Study of Ionization and Harmonic Generation in Linear Di-(N2) and Tri-(C02, OCS, CS2) Atomic Molecules with Ultrashort Intense Laser Pulses-Orientational Effects
22 Femtosecond Fabrication of Waveguides in Ion-Doped Laser Crystals
23 Heat Absorption, Transport and Phase Transformation in Noble Metals Excited by Femtosecond Laser Pulses