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Femtosecond Technology

From Basic Research to Application Prospects

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Authors:
  1. Takeshi Kamiya

    1. Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Fujio Saito

    1. The Femtosecond Technology, Research Association (FESTA), Tsukuba, Japan

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  3. Osamu Wada

    1. The Femtosecond Technology, Research Association (FESTA), Tsukuba, Japan

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  4. Hiroyoshi Yajima

    1. Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan

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  • This book gives the first application oriented survey of femtosecond technology.

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Photonics (PHOTONICS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Femtosecond Technology and Its Industrial Impact

      • Takeshi Kamiya
      Pages 1-11

  4. Ultrafast Optoelectronics for Telecommunications

    1. Femtosecond Semiconductor-Based Optoelectonic Devices for Optical Communications and Signal-Processing Systems

      • Osamu Wada, Akira Suzuki, Yoh Ogawa, Kazuhito Tajima
      Pages 59-78

    2. Generation, Control and Processing of Ultrafast Optical Signals by Electrooptic Modulation/Deflection

      • Tetsuro Kobayashi, Akihiro Morimoto
      Pages 79-91

    3. Subharmonic Mode-Locking of Semiconductor Lasers Operating at Millimetre-Wave Frequencies

      • Hai-Feng Liu, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Dalma Novak, Yoh Ogawa
      Pages 92-106

    4. All-Optical Access Node Technologies

      • Mohammed N. Islam
      Pages 107-121

    5. Ultrafast All-Optical Switch Using Low-Temperature-Grown InGaAs/InAlAs Multiple-Quantum Wells

      • Hidetoshi Iwamura, Ryo Takahashi, Yutaka Matsuoka
      Pages 122-133

    6. High Bandwidth Photodetectors

      • Chi-Kuang Sun, John E. Bowers
      Pages 134-151

    7. Coherent Tunable THz Oscillation by Nonlinear Optics

      • Hiromasa Ito, Kodo Kawase, Jun-ichi Shikata
      Pages 152-163

    8. Multi-Gap Photoconductive Switches Fabricated by a Scanning Probe Microscope

      • Taro Itatani, Toyotomo Morita, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Tadashi Nakagawa, Moriaki Wakaki
      Pages 164-174

  5. Semiconductor Quantum Structures for Femtosecond Devices

    1. High Speed Quantum Dot Lasers: Phonon Bottleneck Issue in Quantum Dot Lasers

      • Yasuhiko Arakawa
      Pages 175-183

    2. Ultrafast Coherent Dynamics of Radiatively Coupled Excitons in Multiple Quantum Wells

      • Jürgen Kuhl, Martin Hübner, Dirk Ammerlahn, Bernd Grote, Tineke Stroucken, Stephan Haas et al.
      Pages 184-197

    3. Femtosecond Studies of Semiconductor Microcavities and VCSELs

      • Jagdeep Shah
      Pages 198-210

    4. Quantum Dots and the Expected Role in Femtosecond Devices

      • Hiroshi Ishikawa
      Pages 211-221

    5. Ultrafast Interband-Resonant Light Modulation by Intersubband-Resonant Light in Quantum Wells

      • Susumu Noda
      Pages 222-233

    6. Fabrication Technology of Semiconductor Nanometer Structures Towards Femtosecond Optoelectronics

      • Tomonori Ishikawa, Shigeru Kohmoto, Kiyoshi Asakawa, Yoshifumi Katayama
      Pages 234-244

  6. Femtosecond Lasers and Measurement Applications

    1. Intense Sub-10-fs Laser Pulses: Pushing the Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics

      • Matthias Lenzner, Matthias Schnürer, Christian Spielmann, Ferenc Krausz
      Pages 245-257
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About this book

Recent rapid advances in femtosecond technology have had a great impact on their industrial applications such as: ultrafast optoelectronic devices and optical telecommunication systems, ultrashort-pulse lasers and measurement systems, and the development of novel materials for ultrafast functions. In this book, a wealth of knowledge covering requirements in applications details of recent achievements in important technical areas is presented by world-prominent authors in a concise, systematic form. As a whole, this is the first comprehensive book on the emerging field of femtosecond technology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeshi Kamiya

  • The Femtosecond Technology, Research Association (FESTA), Tsukuba, Japan

    Fujio Saito, Osamu Wada

  • Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan

    Hiroyoshi Yajima

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Femtosecond Technology

  • Book Subtitle: From Basic Research to Application Prospects

  • Authors: Takeshi Kamiya, Fujio Saito, Osamu Wada, Hiroyoshi Yajima

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Photonics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58469-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65996-9Published: 17 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63608-0Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-58469-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1437-0379

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 426

  • Number of Illustrations: 286 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Communications Engineering, Networks

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