Ultrashort Optical Pulses

Dear Colleagues,

Techniques for generating, controlling, manipulating, and measuring ultrashort optical pulses have become increasingly important in many scientific areas including, among others, ultrahigh speed optical communications, photonic signal processing, microwave photonics, optical sensing, biophotonics, spectroscopy and characterization of ultrafast phenomena. Besides the ultrashort pulsewidth, ultra-low phase and amplitude noise are important features for the most of the ultrashort pulse applications. For this reason it is also important to be capable of their characterization. This Special Issues aims to represent a snapshot of the state of the art in ultrashort pulse generation and shaping, ultrashort pulse characterization and utilization. Ultra-short pulses in the whole optical spectrum from near infrared to soft X-rays with low or high repetition rate will be included. Fundamentals, enabling technologies, new techniques and applications will be covered.

Dr. Antonella Bogoni
Dr. Luca Poletto
Guest Editors

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