Picosecond Phenomena III: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Picosecond Phenomena Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Fed. Rep. of Germany June 16–18, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Moving from the Picosecond to the Femtosecond Time Regime....Pages 2-5
Femtosecond Optical Pulses: Towards Tunability at the Gigawatt Level....Pages 6-9
Femtosecond Continuum Generation....Pages 10-13
New Picosecond Sources and Techniques....Pages 14-18
Generation of Coherent Tunable Picosecond Pulses in the XUV....Pages 19-22
New Infrared Dyes for Synchronously Pumped Picosecond Lasers....Pages 23-26
Acousto-Optic Stabilization of Mode-Locked Pulsed Nd: YAG Laser....Pages 27-30
Active Mode Stabilization of Synchronously Pumped Dye Lasers....Pages 31-35
Spectral Hole Burning in the Saturation Region of Mode-Locked Nd-Glass Lasers....Pages 36-39
Single and Double Mode-Locked Ring Dye Lasers; Theory and Experiment....Pages 40-44
Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Colliding Pulse Mode-Locking (CPM)....Pages 45-48
Picosecond Carrier Dynamics and Laser Action in Optically Pumped Buried Heterostructure Lasers....Pages 49-52
Optically Pumped Semiconductor Platelet Lasers in External Cavities....Pages 53-56
Two Photon Pumped Bulk Semiconductor Laser for the Generation of Picosecond Pulses....Pages 57-61
The Pulse Duration of a Distributed Feedback Dye Laser Under Single Pulse Conditions....Pages 62-65
Picosecond Distributed Feedback Dye Laser Tunable in a Broad Spectral Range....Pages 66-67
Modelocking of a Wavelength Tunable High-Pressure CO 2 -Laser by Synchronous Modulation of a Broadband Intracavity Saturable Absorber....Pages 68-70
The Non-Mode-Locked Picosecond Laser....Pages 71-73
A Novel Method for Generating Sub-Transform Limited Picosecond Nd: YAG Laser Pulses....Pages 74-77
Optical Dephasing in Inorganic Glasses....Pages 78-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Picosecond Holographic Grating Experiments in Molecular Condensed Phases....Pages 82-86
Self-Diffraction from Laser-Induced Orientational Gratings in Semiconductors....Pages 87-90
A Picosecond Raman Technique with Resolution Four Times Better than Obtained by Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 91-93
Broadband CARS Probe Using the Picosecond Continuum....Pages 94-97
Jitter-Free Streak Camera System....Pages 98-100
Electrical Transient Sampling System with Two Picosecond Resolution....Pages 101-102
High-Resolution Picosecond Modulation Spectrocopy of Near Interband Resonances in Semiconductors....Pages 103-106
Electron Diffraction in the Picosecond Domain Steven Williamson and Gerard Mourou and Synchronous Amplification of 70 fsec Pulses Using a Frequency-Doubled Nd: YAG Pumping Source....Pages 107-111
Picosecond Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Spectroscopy....Pages 112-115
Subpicosecond Pulse Shape Measurement and Modeling of Passively Mode Locked Dye Lasers Including Saturation and Spatial Hole Burning....Pages 116-119
Experimental Demonstration of a new Technique to Measure Ultrashort Dephasing Times....Pages 120-122
Optical Pulse Compression with Reduced Wings....Pages 123-125
Polarition-Induced Compensation of Picosecond Pulse Broadening in Optical Fibers....Pages 126-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Generation and Pulsewidth Measurement of Amplified Ultrashort Ultraviolet Laser Pulses in Krypton Fluoride....Pages 130-133
Addressing and Control of High-Speed GaAs FET Logic Circuits with Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 134-136
Surface Metal-Oxide-Silicon-Oxide-Metal Picosecond Photodetector....Pages 137-140
Solid-State Detector for Single-Photon Measurements of Fluorescence Decays with 100 Picosecond FWHM Resolution....Pages 141-144
Picosecond Optoelectronic Modulation of Millimeter-Waves in GaAs Waveguide....Pages 145-148
Synchroscan Streak Camera Measurements of Mode-Propagation in Optical Fibers....Pages 149-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Picosecond Lifetimes and Efficient Decay Channels of Vibrational Models of Polyatomic Molecules in Liquids....Pages 154-158
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Vibrational Population Decay and Dephasing of Small and Large Polyatomic Molecules in Liquids....Pages 159-163
Mechanisms for Ultrafast Vibrational Energy Relaxation of Polyatomic Molecules....Pages 164-167
Studies of the Generation and Energy Relaxation in Chemical Intermediates-Divalent Carbon Molecules and Singlet Oxygen....Pages 168-173
New Developments in Picosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Vibrational Relaxation Phenomena....Pages 174-178
Picosecond Photon Echo and Coherent Raman Scattering Studies of Dephasing in Mixed Molecular Crystals....Pages 179-183
Picosecond Laser Spectroscopy of Molecules in Supersonic Jets: Vibrational Energy Redistribution and Quantum Beats....Pages 184-189
Picosecond Studies of Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution in S 1 p -Difluorobenzene Vapor....Pages 190-191
Direct Picosecond Resolving of Hot Luminescence Spectrum....Pages 192-195
The Temperature Dependence of Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Vibrational Linewidth Broadening Studies Using Coherent Picosecond Stokes Scattering....Pages 196-200
A Picosecond CARS-Spectrometer Using Two Synchronously Mode-Locked CW Dye Lasers....Pages 201-204
Picosecond Studies of Intramolecular Charge Transfer Processes in Excited A-D Molecules....Pages 205-208
Femtosecond Transient Birefringence in CS 2 ....Pages 209-211
Time-Resolved Observation of Molecular Dynamics in Liquids by Femtosecond Interferometry....Pages 212-216
Time Resolved Measurement of Nonlinear Susceptibilities by Optical Kerr Effect....Pages 217-220
Subpicosecond Laser Spectroscopy: Pulse Diagnostics and Molecular Dynamics in Liquids....Pages 221-227
Viscosity-Dependent Internal Rotation in Polymethine Dyes Measured by Picosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy....Pages 228-231
Rotational Diffusion in Mixed Solvents Measured by Picosecond Fluorescence Anisotropy....Pages 232-234
Investigation of Level Kinetics and Reorientation by Means of Double Pulse Excited Fluorescence....Pages 235-237
Dynamics of Photoisomerization....Pages 238-241
Evidence for the Existence of a Short-Lived Twisted Electronic State in Triphenylmethane Dyes....Pages 242-245
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Kinetics of Stimulated and Spontaneous Emission of Dye Solutions Under Picosecond Excitation....Pages 246-249
Picosecond Resolution Studies of Ground State Quantum Beats and Rapid Collisional Relaxation Processes in Sodium Vapor....Pages 250-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Unimolecular Processes and Vibrational Energy Randomization....Pages 254-259
Picosecond Dynamics of I 2 Photodissociation....Pages 260-263
Vibrational Predissociation of S-Tetrazine-Ar van der Waals-Molecules....Pages 264-268
Picosecond Laser Induced Fluorescence Probing of NO 2 Photofragments....Pages 269-272
Excited State Proton Transfer in 2- (2-’Hydroxylphenyl)-Benzoxazole....Pages 273-277
Picosecond Dynamics of Unimolecular Ion Pair Formation....Pages 278-281
Effect of Polymerization on the Fluorescence Lifetime of Eosin in Water....Pages 282-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Picosecond Processes Involving CO, O 2 , and NO Derivatives of Hemeproteins....Pages 288-293
Femtosecond and Picosecond Transient Processes After Photolysis of Liganded Hemeproteins....Pages 294-297
Picosecond Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Hematoporphyrin Derivative and Related Porphyrins....Pages 298-301
Resonance Raman Spectra of Picosecond Transients: Application to Bacteriorhodopsin....Pages 302-306
Picosecond Studies of Bacteriorhodopsin Intermediates from 11-cis Rhodopsin and 9-cis Rhodopsin....Pages 307-309
Multiple Photon Processes in Molecules Induced by Picosecond UV Laser Pulses....Pages 310-314
P-BR and Its Role in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin....Pages 315-318
Picosecond Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy of Retinal....Pages 319-322
Picosecond Absorption Spectroscopy of Biliverdin....Pages 323-326
Picosecond Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of the Photolysis Product of Oxy-Hemoglobin....Pages 327-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Picosecond Time-Resolved Detection of Plasma Formation and Phase Transition in Silicon....Pages 332-335
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Spectroscopy of Picosecond Relaxation Processes in Semiconductors....Pages 336-340
Picosecond Spectroscopy of Excitonic Molecules and High Density Electron-Hole Plasma in Direct-Gap Semiconductors....Pages 341-344
Picosecond Time-Resolved Study of Highly Exited CuCl....Pages 345-348
Picosecond Dynamics of Excitonic Polariton in CuCl....Pages 349-352
Picosecond Spectroscopy of Highly Excited GaAs and CdS....Pages 353-356
Non-Linear Attenuation of Excitonic Polariton Pulses in CdSe....Pages 357-359
Time Resolved Photoluminescence Study of n Type CdS and CdSe Photoelectrode....Pages 360-363
Time Resolved Spatial Expansion of the Electron-Hole Plasma in Polar Semiconductors....Pages 364-367
Weak-Wave Retardation and Phase-Conjugate Self-Defousing in Si....Pages 368-371
Ultrafast Relaxations of Photoinduced Carriers in Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 372-375
Periodic Ripple Structures on Semiconductors Under Picosecond Pulse Illumination....Pages 376-379
Transmission of Picosecond Laser-Excited Germanium at Various Wave-lengths....Pages 380-383
Nonlinear Interactions in Indium Antimonide....Pages 384-388
Picosecond Relaxation Kinetics of Highly Photogenerated Carriers in Semiconductors....Pages 389-394
Picosecond Radiative and Nonradiative Recombination in Amorphous As 2 S 3 ....Pages 395-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-401