Ursula Keller - Böcker

This textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to ultrafast laser physics with a keen awareness of the needs of graduate students. The book starts with an advanced introduction to linear and nonlinear pulse propagation, details Q-switching and modelocking and goes into detail while explaining ultrashort pulse generation and measurement.

This textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to ultrafast laser physics with a keen awareness of the needs of graduate students. The book starts with an advanced introduction to linear and nonlinear pulse propagation, details Q-switching and modelocking and goes into detail while explaining ultrashort pulse generation and measurement.

What do we mean by Europe? Thirty-three renowned authors from 33 European countries attempt an answer-in serious, ironic, skeptical, or optimistic tones. Their essays, written for the symposium held at the Literaturhaus Hamburg in 2003, reflect the astonishing diversity of European cultures. Not only are the style and experience of the individual authors remarkable for their distinctiveness, but their perspectives and views also appear to have little in common-at first glance.The editors have created a unique literary project, a milestone in the vitally necessary cultural discourse about Europe.