4020160056 Physics of Ultrafast Processes
Digital- & Präsenz-basierter Kurs
- classroom language
- DE
- aims
- Basic knowledge on the generation and application of ultrashort pulses, physical mechanisms behind ultrafast dynamics in gas and condensed phases
- requirements
- Bachelor degree in physics, theoretical electrodynamics and quantum mechanice I
- structure / topics / contents
- 1. Generation of ultrashort pulses
2. Frequency conversion and pulse compression
3. Ultrafast experimental methods
4. Nonlinear dynamics and control of isolated systems
5. Ultrafast dynamics of condensed-phase molecular systems
6. Dynamics of elementary excitations in solids
- assigned modules
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P35.2.a/Pe2
P24
P35.2
- amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
- 2 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
oral exam
- contact
- Prof. Thomas Elsaesser, Max-Born-Institut, Haus C, Raum 2.1
- literature
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A. M. Weiner. Ultrafast Optics. Wiley, 2009
J. C. Diels, W. Rudolph. Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena. Academic Press, 1996
R. W. Boyd. Nonlinear Optics. Academic Press, 2003
G. A. Reider. Photonik. Springer, 1997
J. Shah. Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Semiconductors and Semiconductor Nanostructures. Springer, 1999
G. P. Agrawal. Fiber-Optic Communication Systems. Wiley, 1992