Dantus, Marcos,

Femtosecond laser shaping : from laboratory to industry / by Marcos Dantus. - 1 online resource - Optical sciences and applications of light .

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Why Femtosecond? -- chapter 3 What Is a Light Pulse? -- chapter 4 When a Femtosecond Pulse Goes through Glass -- chapter 5 Light-Matter Interactions (Part 1) -- chapter 6 Light-Matter Interactions (Part 2) -- chapter 7 About Femtosecond Pulse Generation -- chapter 8 How to Measure Femtosecond Pulses (Part 1) -- chapter 9 Shaping the Laser Pulses -- chapter 10 How to Measure Femtosecond Pulses (Part 2) -- chapter 11 Applications of Shaped Pulses to Biomedical Imaging -- chapter 12 Applications of Shaped Pulses to Standoff Detection of Explosives and Other Materials -- chapter 13 Applications of Shaped Pulses to Surgery and Material Cutting or Processing -- chapter 14 Applications of Shaped Pulses to Communications -- chapter 15 Applications of Shaped Pulses in Science -- chapter 16 A Survey of New Directions Being Explored, and Potential New Applications.

"Femtosecond lasers, which have been considered difficult to operate, expensive, and sensitive, are breaking out of laboratories and are now being used in various large-scale applications. This book provides a fresh perspective on femtosecond lasers--discussing how the femtosecond laser is soon to become a universal light source--spanning any time scale and generating any wavelength of light. Starting from the wave-like properties of light, this book presents in a non-technical manner, with clear illustrations, and without formulas, what makes this class of lasers so versatile and the future of many more applications. Many of the subjects covered in this book are described in plain words for the first time. "--Provided by publisher.

9781315153384

10.1201/9781315153384 doi


Femtosecond lasers.
Laser beam cutting.

TJ1191 / .D36 2018

621.366 / D194