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.
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Theory of Self-Phase Modulation and Spectral Broadening....Pages 1-32
Supercontinuum Generation in Condensed Matter....Pages 33-100
Ultrashort Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Dispersive Fibers....Pages 101-133
Cross-Phase Modulation: A New Technique for Controlling the Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Properties of Ultrashort Pulses....Pages 135-198
Fibre Based Supercontinuum....Pages 199-245
Generation of Ultrashort and Coherent Supercontinuum Light Pulses in All-Normal Dispersion Fibers....Pages 247-280
Self-Focusing and Continuum Generation in Gases....Pages 281-298
Utilization of UV and IR Supercontinua in Gas-Phase Subpicosecond Kinetic Spectroscopy....Pages 299-336
Attosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Supercontinuum....Pages 337-370
Supercontinuum in Telecom Applications....Pages 371-403
Current Applications of Supercontinuum Light....Pages 405-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-434
