# Ultrafast Optics

- By: Franz X. Kaertner
- Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Electrical_Engineering/Electro-Optics/Ultrafast_Optics_(Kaertner))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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This text covered issues regarding ultrafast optics including: Generation, propagation and applications of ultrashort pulses (nano-, pico-, femto-, attosecond pulses); Linear and nonlinear pulse shaping processes: Optical solitons, Pulse compression; Laser principles: Single- and multi-mode laser dynamics, Q-switching, Active and passive mode-locking; Pulse characterization: Autocorrelation, FROG, SPIDER; Noise in mode-locked lasers and its limitations in measurements; Laser amplifiers and other