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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
MODERN OPTICS SECOND EDITION

EDITORS IN CHIEF

VOLUME 2

Spectroscopy ▪ Terahertz ▪ Optics of Semiconductors and 2D Materials▪ Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy ▪ Metamaterials and Plasmonics▪ Lasers, UV Lasers, Random lasers

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Jorge Ojeda-Castaneda
Universidad de Guanajuato
Fang-Chung Chen
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) Chau-Jern Cheng
National Taiwan Normal University
Lukas Chrostowski
University of British Columbia
Steve Cundiff
University of Michigan
Casimer DeCusatis
Marist College
Hui Deng
University of Michigan
Henry O. Everitt
Duke University
Mike Fiddy
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Almantas Galvanaskas
University of Michigan
David Gershoni
Technion Institute of Technology

Xingjie Ni
Penn State University

Christoph Schmidt
University of Göttingen

Xiushan Zhu
University of Arizona

VOLUME 2

Transient I lolographic Grating Techniques in Chemical Dynamics			12
			12

Juraj Darmo and Karl Umerrainer
Ulrich Hlluner, Rupert /-luber, Machillo Kim,

and Stephan W Kocll			33
and Stephan W Kocll			40
			40
			52
ExcitollS in Magnetic r-ie\ds	Kanlull1 Gong, G Timothy Noe If, and lunichiro Kana		63
Ultrafast Studies of Semiconductors			82
Band Structure and Optical Properties			93
			93
			110
Quantum Wells and GaAs-Based Structures		p mood

Coherent Terahertz Sources			1 I 8

Materials I?ohit. P PrasanlwlI'lar, Dmitly A Ytll"Olslti, and AfHoineue J Taylor 123

Tutorial on Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy Marl? Siemens 150

Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy of I-Iidden Phases
lohn IlarLer, Alberto de la Ton-e, al1{j Oallid Iisieh

Allosecond Spectroscopy
	SR Meech
Alternative Plasmonic J\ltaterials
Raman Lasers

Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers		Jer01ne V Moloney and Alexandre L(wmi"


Optical Parametric Amplifiers				Gil/lio Cefllllo. Sandra De SilileSlti, llnd CrisLian M(lI1ZOrii

Few-Cycle and Atlosecond Lasers				Fr(l1lcesca Ca/egari (HId Cllleri1lfl Vozz"i
Chirped Pulse Amplification				GA MOllroll


Edge Emitters		II Colemall


Noble Cas Ion Lasers			WI3 I3ridges


Thin Disk Lasers		Mildraill.,ar;onov
Microdlip L,sers		lohn I Za),lwwshi
				jlll11eS R Taylor

	Vllslri Kaneda
Single-Frequency L1sers

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOR VOLUME 2

Ladan Arissian	Sandro De Silvestri

11lSl'itute of Phot.Ollics (HId Nmwt.ecll11o!ogy, Milano, Italy

lean-Claude Dids
Universily of New Mexico, lllim'luerque, NM, United States

John Harter
University of Californill, Sallta Barbllrll, CII, Ullited SUlles

Martin R Ilofmann
Ru/l" University 8ocl'lll11l, BociJllm, Germany

II Coleman Unil/ersit)' of Illinois, Urbllno, II., USA Kankan Cong Rice University, HOllston, TX, Uni/ed Sl(ileS

Juraj Darmo

Stephan W Koch
Philipps Unil/ersit)' of Marblllg, Marblllg. Ge,."wn)'


Alexandre Laurain		J Shah Arlington, VA, USA

Slares NM, Unit.ed SUItes

Bachana Lomsadze
University of Michigtll1, Ann Arbor, MI, United States Cristian Manzoni
Instiwte of Photonics and Nanotechnology, Milano, llilly 5R Meech
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Jerome V Moloney
Universit)' of Ariwlla, Tllcson, AZ, Unit.ed Stales
Calan Moody
Nat.ional Instit.me of Sumdtmis & Technology, BOllldel', CO, United Slales
GA Mourou
Ulliver.lity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Cururaj V Naik
II ice University, I-Iollston, TX, Ullited Stales
G Timolhy Noe II
Rice Unillersity, I-Iouston, 'Ix, United States
Jennirer P Ogilvie
Unillersity of Michigli11, Anll Arbor, /\;11, United Slates D Pelrosyan
InSI:itme of f-JectwlIic Structure (Inri Laser, Heraidioll, Greece
Rohit P Prasankumar
Cenler for Int.egrated NalIOlecJuwlogies, Los A/amos, NM. Ullit.ed Stal.es
Klaus Reimann
Max 130m Instilllte for Nonlinear Optics and
Short.-PlIlse Spect.1'Oscopy, Berlill, Germany
Marco Santagiustina

Caterina Vozzi
Institllle for Photonics and Nanotechnologies CNR-IFN, Milano, Italy

L Wang
Chitlese Academy of Sciences, Beijil1g, China

W Zawadzki
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Poland

John J Zayhowski
Lincoll1 Laboratory, Massachusett.s illst.it.ute of Technology, Lexington, MA, Uniled States

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