ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The availability of laser systems capable of generating ultrashort optical pulses in the visible spectral range have made it possible to study molecular species with a temporal resolution in the order ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A tunable narrow-bandwidth laser source combined with a supersonic gas jet as sample is wellsuited for obtaining high-resolution spectra of cold isolated molecules and complexes. In the present study ...

Imaging and spectroscopy of laser induced chlorophyll fluorescence (LICF) are emerging as useful tools in plant physiology and agriculture since these methods allow an early detection of plant stress and transformation ...

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a diatomic molecule of particular interest in astrophysics, due to its high abundance in interstellar space. The Fourth Positive System A1Π−X1Σ+ of CO is an important feature in the vacuum ultraviolet ...

The advent of high intensity short pulse lasers has opened the door to investigating buried solid-solid interfaces through the technique of optical second harmonic generation (SHG). This has led to extensive study of ...

Third harmonic generation (THG) in a metal vapour is a nonlinear optical interaction that facilitates the generation of light in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The requirement of ...

Various autocorrelation techniques are employed to characterize ultrashort laser pulses in both the temporal and spectral domain. These techniques are; interference autocorrelation (IAC), modified spectrum autointerfer ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Silicon/silicon dioxide (Si/SiO2) interface is widely used in microelectronics as the gate between the drain and source of most metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). The ...

The extremely high light intensities produced by lasers and the increasing use of lasers highlights the need for measures to prevent damage to materials due to exposure to high intensity laser light. In particular it ...

The exciting field of ultrashort laser optics has experienced tremendous growth since it's inception. One of it's branches that has been of continuous interest is the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses ...