Series in Quantum Electronics

Series in Quantum Electronics
edited by
Henry Baltes, Peter Günter, Ursula Keller, Fritz K. Kneubühl † , Walter Lukosz, Hans Melchior, Markus W. Sigrist

Vol. 1: Emilio Gini,
Plasma Etched Optical Corner Mirrors and Grating Demultiplexers in InGaAsP/InP.
ISBN 3-89649-176-8

Vol. 2: Christoph Holtmann,
Polarization Insensitive Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in InGaAsP/InP for 1.3m m Wavelengths Exploiting Bulk Ridge-Waveguide Structure. Device Development, Characteristics and Selected Applications.
ISBN 3-89649-209-8

Vol. 3: Isabella D. Jung,
Limits of Ultrashort Pulse Generation.
ISBN 3-89649-238-1

Vol. 4: Roger Krähenbühl,
Electro-Optic Space Switches in InGaAsP/InP for Optical Communication.
ISBN 3-89649-267-5

Vol. 5: Regula Fluck,
Compact Pulsed Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers at 1.3 m m and 1.5 m m.
ISBN 3-89649-292-6

Vol. 6: Rolando Hess,
Ultrafast All-Optical Time Demultiplexer for Optical Telecommunication Systems.
ISBN 3-89649-297-7

Vol. 7: Qun Lai,
Silica on Silicon Waveguides with Square Diffused Structure and Their Components for Optical Fiber Communication.
ISBN 3-89649-314-0

Vol. 8: Jürg Eckner,
Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers. Optimization of Polarization and Monolithical Integration in Ridge Waveguide Bulk InGaAsP/InP.
ISBN 3-89649-375-2

Vol. 9: Clemens Hönninger,
Ultrafast Ytterbium-Doped Bulk Lasers and Laser Amplifiers.
ISBN 3-89649-391-2

Vol. 10: Christoph Nadler,
Polarization Insensitive Arrayed Waveguide Grating Wavelength Multiplexers for Optical Communication.
ISBN 3-89649-394-9

Vol. 11: Irio G. Calasso,
Photoacoustic and Photothermal Laser Spectroscopy Applied to Trace Gas Detection and Molecular Dynamics.
ISBN 3-89649-425-2

Vol. 12: Jürg Leuthold,
Advanced Indium-Phosphide Waveguide Mach-Zehnder Interferometer All-Optical Switches and Wavelength Converters.
ISBN 3-89649-427-9

Vol. 13: Nicolai Matuschek,
Theory and Design of Double-Chirped Mirrors.
ISBN 3-89649-501-1

Vol. 14: Michael Seiter,
Novel Pulsed Difference-Frequency Laser Sources for Compact Mid-Infrared Trace-Gas Sensors.
ISBN 3-89649-506-2

Vol. 15: Sebastian Arlt,
Coherent Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Exciton-Continuum Interaction in Semiconductors.
ISBN 3-89649-536-4

Vol. 16: Dirk H. Sutter,
New Frontiers of Ultrashort Pulse Generartion.
ISBN 3-89649-537-2

Vol. 17: Eberhard Wildermuth,
Performance Optimization of Flat-Top Passband Arrayed Waveguide Grating Demultiplexers.
ISBN 3-89649-550-X

Vol. 18: Michael Lanker,
Arrayed Waveguide Gratings in Indium Phosphide Using Buried Waveguides and Optical Space Switches with High On-Off Ratio in Silica. ISBN 3-89649-561-5

Vol. 19: Emil Thomas Gamper,
Realisation of Integrated Electro-Optical and All-Optical Mach-Zehnder Devices Based on Indium-Phosphide.
ISBN 3-89649-590-9

Vol. 20: Stefan Fischer,
Versatile All-Optical Interferometric Switch for Optical Telecommunication Systems.
ISBN 3-89649-614-X

Vol. 21: Kiichi Hamamoto,
Active Multi-Mode-Interferometer Laser Diodes and Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers.
ISBN 3-89649-615-8

Vol. 22: Jürg Aus der Au,
Towards High-Power Diode-Pumped Femto-Second All-Solid-State Lasers.
ISBN 3-89649-636-0

Vol. 23: Gabriel Spühler,
Compact Ultrafast Solid-State Lasers.
ISBN 3-89649-637-9

Vol. 24: Jens Kunde,
Optical Control of Ultrafast Semiconductor Nonlinearities.
ISBN 3-89649-644-1

Vol. 25: Marcus Dülk,
Active and Hybrid Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers with External Fiber Bragg Grating Cavities for High-Speed Optical Fiber Networks.
ISBN 3-89649-685-9

Vol. 26: Marc Achermann,
Ultrafast goes local.
ISBN 3-89649-732-4

Vol. 27: Reto Häring,
Miniature Pulsed Laser Sources: Repetition Rates from Kilohertz to Gigahertz.
ISBN 3-89649-744-8

Vol. 28: Lukas Gallmann,
Generation and Characterization of Few-Femtosecond Optical Pulses
ISBN 3-89649-715-4

Vol. 29: Lukas Krainer,
High Repetition Rate Solid-State Lasers.
ISBN 3-89649-793-6

Vol. 30: Marc Jungo,
Spatiotemporal VCSEL Model for Advanced Simulations of Optical Links.
ISBN 3-89649-831-2

Vol. 31: Anna Stampanoni Panariello,
Laser-Induced Gratings in the Gas Phase: Formation Mechanisms and Applications for Diagnostics.
ISBN 3-89649-855-X

Vol. 32: Thomas Südmeyer,
Novel Ultrafast Nonlinear Devices Pumped With High Power Passivlely Mode-Locked Lasers.
1^st edition 2003, XVI, 94 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-89649-862-2

Vol. 33: Laurent Schares,
Mode-locked fiber ring lasers with semiconductor optical amplifiers
for repetition rates between 10 and 160 GHz.
1^st edition 2004, XII, 190 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-89649-922-X

Vol. 34: Birgit Schenkel,
Supercontinuum Generation and Compression.
1^st edition 2004, XII, 100 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-89649-936-X

Vol. 35: Steve Lecomte,
Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers and Optical Parametric Oscillators
with Gigahertz Pulse Repetition Rates.
1^st edition 2005; XXIV, 130 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-89649-982-3

Vol. 36: Dominique Vez,
850 nm VCSELs for High-Speed Fiber-Optic Data Communications and Radio
over Fiber Transmission.
1^st edition 2005; XX, 240 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-89649-986-6

Vol. 37: Edith Innerhofer,
High Average Power Yb:YAG Thin Disk Laser and its Application
for An RGB Laser Source.
1^st edition 2005; 130 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-010-6

Vol.: 38: Rachel Grange,
NEAR INFRARED SEMICONDUCTOR SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS FOR
HIGH REPETITION RATE LASERS.
1^st edition 2006. 148 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-073-4

Vol. 39: Anastassia Gosteva,

Dispersion Management And Characterization.

1^st edition 2006. 114 pages, € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-084-x

Vol. 40: Olivier Ostinelli,
Long Wavelength VCSELs with MOVPE Grown
AlGaAsSb/InP Bragg Reflectors

1^st edition 2006. viii, 148 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-108-0

Vol. 41: Adrian Schlatter,
Noise Properties of High Repetition-Rate Mode-Locked Lasers.
1^st edition 2007. XVIII, 128 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-144-7

Vol. 42: Simon Christian Zeller,
Picosecond Solid-State Lasers with GHz Repetition Rates.
1^st edition 2007. XXIV, 130 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-156-0

Vol. 43: Valeria Liverini,
From Passive to Active Devices:
GaInNAs as Absorber and Emitter for 1.3 μm Lasers

1^st edition 2007. XXII, 128 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-159-5

Vol. 44: Sergio Vincenzo Marchese,
Towards High Field Physics with High Power Thin Disk Laser Oscillators.
1^st edition 2008. XXIV, 126 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-193-5

Vol. 45: Andreas Stefan Rutz,
GaInNAs SESAMs and VECSELs at 1.3 and 1.5 μm wavelength.
1^st edition 2008. 164 pages; € 64,00. ISBN 3-86628-203-6

Vol. 46: Christian Erny,
Femtosecond Mid-IR Chirped Pulse Optical Parametric Amplifier.
1st edition 2008. XVI, 134 pages, € 64,00. ISBN-10: 3-86628-234-6

ISBN-13: 978-3-86628-234-6

Vol. 47: Aude-Reine Bellancourt,
Modelocking of Semiconductor Vertical Emitters:
From VECSEL to MIXSEL.

1st edition 2009. XXII, 122 pages, € 64,00. ISBN-10: 3-86628-242-7

ISBN-13: 978-3-86628-242-1

Vol. 48: Deran J. H. C. Maas,
MIXSELs – a new class of ultrafast
semiconductor lasers.

1st edition 2009. XXIV, 134 pages, € 64,00. ISBN-10: 3-86628-243-5

ISBN-13: 978-3-86628-243-8

Vol. 49: Florian Schapper,
Attosecond Structure of High-Order Harmonics.
1st edition 2010. XXII, 122 pages, € 64,00. ISBN-10: 3-86628-305-9

ISBN-13: 978-3-86628-305-3

Vol. 50: Max Christoph Stumpf,

Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers for Frequency Comb Generation.
1st edition 2010. XX, 124 pages, € 64,00.

ISBN 978-3-86628-306-0

Vol. 51: Benjamin Rudin
High-Power Optically Pumped VECSELs and MIXSELs.
1^st edition 2010. XXVIII, 160 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-368-8

Vol. 52: Cyrill R. E. Bär
New Frontiers in Ultrafast High Power Laser Oscillators.
1^st edition 2011. XXVI, 122 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-376-3

Vol. 53: Adrian Nikolaus Pfeiffer
Attosecond Electron Kinematics in
Strong Field Single and Double Ionization

1^st edition 2011. XVIII, 102 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-386-2

Vol. 54: Selina Pekarek
New Frontiers in Frequency Combs

from Diode-Pumped Solid State Lasers.

1^st edition 2011. XXVI, 114 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-410-4

Vol. 55: Oliver Heckl
Peak Power Scaling with Modelocked Thin Disk Lasers.

1^st edition 2011. XXX, 130 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-411-1

Vol. 56: Clemens Heese

High-Power Mid-Infrared Femtosecond Laser Pulses.

1^st edition 2012. XIV, 80 pages, € 64,00.
ISBN 978-3-86628-431-9

Vol. 57: Valentin J. Wittwer

New Frontiers of Ultrafast
Semiconductor Disk Lasers High Power
MIXSELs and Low Noise VEXSELs.