SPIE - Education Ultrafast Lasers and Amplifiers SC1181

This course gives detailed insight into the operation principles and essential limitations of lasers and amplifiers for ultrashort pulse generation. Mode-locked lasers of different kinds, including both bulk lasers and fiber lasers, and the different mode-locking mechanisms used in those are discussed in detail and often demonstrated with numerical simulations. Also, principles and limitations of pulse amplification in bulk and fiber devices are treated.