Abstract
Recent advances in pulse generation and compression techniques have pushed the temporal resolution of optical diagnostics well into the femtosecond domain. This has further stimulated interest in studies of ultrafast processes in materials and has opened up new areas of research. In this talk we will discuss the application of femtosecond pulses to a variety of topics including time-resolved reflectometry, investigations of electronic relaxation processes in semiconductors and metals, studies of polarization and optical phonon dephasing, and optical ranging in biological systems.
© 1985 Optical Society of America
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