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Product Description Recent rapid advances in femtosecond technology have had a great impact on their industrial applications such as: ultrafast optoelectronic devices and optical telecommunication systems, ultrashort-pulse lasers and measurement systems, and the development of novel materials for ultrafast functions. In this book, a wealth of knowledge covering requirements in applications details of recent achievements in important technical areas is presented by world-prominent authors in a concise, systematic form. As a whole, this is the first comprehensive book on the emerging field of femtosecond technology.
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a viable commercial technology Are femtosecond lasers ready for commercial deployment? Kamiya et al attempt to answer that in this book. It is a collection of papers from Japanese authors that gives good insight into the progress being made in Japan. Researchers from non-Japanese universities and companies might want to give careful scrutiny to the papers presented here. The first two parts of the book are a high level discussion of the commercial prospects, with a natural emphasis on the Japanese market. But the remarks are also apropos to any other advanced economy. These papers can be gainfully read by non-engineers as well as engineers. Later parts of the book are more technical. The audience here appears to be engineers and physicists. For example, we get details on quantum dots and lasers and LEDs made from those. With possible lower activation current thresholds as one motivator for research on them. Overall, the book gives a stout yes to femtosecond photonics being a viable commercial technology. August 01, 2005