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The Supercontinuum Laser Source

The Ultimate White Light

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Authors:
  1. Robert R. Alfano

    1. Dept. Physics, NEW YORK, USA

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  • New edition of a classic in the field has been expanded, with new and revised chapters as well as updated references

  • Assembled by one of the pioneers of supercontinuum laser physics

  • Includes a historical perspective on development of supercontinuum theory from its inception to present day

  • Discusses recent technological applications of supercontinuum effects to photonics and optical communications, accurate clocks, super resolution microscopes and pump probe physics

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Theory of Self-Phase Modulation and Spectral Broadening

    • Y. R. Shen, Guo-Zhen Yang
    Pages 1-32

  3. Supercontinuum Generation in Condensed Matter

    • Q. Z. Wang, P. P. Ho, Robert R. Alfano
    Pages 33-100

  4. Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers

    • Govind P. Agrawal
    Pages 101-133

  5. Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses

    • P. L. Baldeck, P. P. Ho, Robert R. Alfano
    Pages 135-198

  6. Fibre Based Supercontinuum

    • J. C. Travers, J. R. Taylor
    Pages 199-245

  7. Generation of Ultrashort and Coherent Supercontinuum Light Pulses in All-Normal Dispersion Fibers

    • Alexander M. Heidt, Alexander Hartung, Hartmut Bartelt
    Pages 247-280

  8. Self-Focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases

    • Paul B. Corkum, Claude Rolland
    Pages 281-298

  9. Utilization of UV and IR Supercontinua in Gas-Phase Subpicosecond Kinetic Spectroscopy

    • J. H. Glownia, J. Misewich, P. P. Sorokin
    Pages 299-336

  10. Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Supercontinuum

    • Qi Zhang, Kun Zhao, Zenghu Chang
    Pages 337-370

  11. Supercontinuum in Telecom Applications

    • S. V. Smirnov, J. D. Ania-Castañón, S. Kobtsev, S. K. Turitsyn
    Pages 371-403

  12. Current Applications of Supercontinuum Light

    • Y. S. Rumala, R. Dorsinville, Robert R. Alfano
    Pages 405-424

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 425-434
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About this book

This is the third edition of a well-known classic on ultrafast nonlinear and linear processes responsible for supercontinuum generation. Part I of the book reviews the progress achieved in experimental and theoretical understanding of the field, and goes over the applications developed since the discovery of the supercontinuum effect. The second part of the book covers recent research activity on supercontinuum phenomena and advances achieved since the publication of the previous edition. The new chapters specifically focus on: normal dispersion photonic band gap fibers; coherence in the supercontinuum; supercontinuum in the UV, NIR, and IR; and supercontinuum in XUV and X-rays for attosecond pulses.


The Supercontinuum Laser Source is a definitive work by one of the discoverers of the white light effect. It is indispensable reading for any researcher or student working in the field of ultrafast laser physics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Physics, NEW YORK, USA

    Robert R. Alfano

About the author

Robert R. Alfano, Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering at The City College of the City University of New York, has contributed significantly to the field of ultrafast laser science and is a pioneer in the application of light and development of new tunable Cr3+/Cr4+ lasers, advance of laser spectroscopic and optical imaging techniques for condensed matter and biomedical photonics, and study of ultrafast optical pulse propagation and imaging in scattering media. He is a fellow of APS, OSA, IEEE, NY Academy of Science, and Alfred P. Sloan fellow. He received his PhD. in physics from New York University and spent 8 years at GTE Labs (now Verizon) before joining CCNY. Prof. Alfano received the OSA Charles Hard Townes Award in 2008, the SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award in 2012, and the APS Arthur L Schawlow Prize in Laser Science in 2013.

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