Recent improvements in the performance of light sources,i.e., reduction in pulse length and increases in wavelengthrange and power levels, have led toultrafast technologybecoming a basic tool in a wide variety of scientificfields. This book presents the very latest developments inthe rapidly rxpanding field of ultrashofrt lase pulses andtheir applications in physics, chemistry, biology, andartificial devices. It provides the most up-to-date recordof current research and references in the field of ultrafastphenomena.Contents:Elementary Dynamics: Chemistry, Biology and Physics -Spectrospcopy and Advances in Measurements - Tools: Sourcesand Amplifiers - High Intensity and Nonlinear Effects -Semiconductors, Confinement and Opto-Electronics - Biology:Primary Dynamics, Electron and Energy Transfer - Chemistry:Electron and Energy Transfer, and Solvation Dynamics. I Overview and General Prospects.- II Elementary Dynamics: Chemistry, Biology and Physics.- III Spectroscopy and Advances in Measurements.- IV Tools: Sources and Amplifiers.- V High Intensity and Nonlinear Effects.- VI Metals, Surfaces and Materials.- VII Semiconductors, Confinement and Opto-Electronics.- VIII Biology: Primary Dynamics, Electron and Energy Transfer.- IX Chemistry: Electron and Energy Transfer, and Solvation Dynamics.- Index of Contributors.
