Ebook: Picosecond Phenomena II: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Picosecond Phenomena Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, June 18–20, 1980

The second international conference on the subject of Picosecond Phenomena was held June 18-20, 1980, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Scientists from a broad range of disciplines were brought together to discuss their common interest in ultrafast processes. This meeting was organized as a Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America and was attended by 250 partici­ pants. The conference reviewed the latest advances in the experimental and theo­ retical understanding of phenomena that occur on a picosecond timescale. New discoveries in electronics, chemical dynamics, solid state physics, and pico­ second optics highlighted the interactions between chemists, physicists, biologists,and engineers who attended the conference. The enthusia~m gener­ ated by the rapid progress in the last two years and the pleasant Cape Cod weather resulted in a successful and enjoyable conference. The conference owes a special thanks to Dr. Jarus Quinn, Joan Connon, and their colleagues at the Optical Society of America for doing a superb job in implementing the meeting arrangements and to the program committee for the selection and organization of the technical presentations. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, the u.S. Army Research Office, and the AFOSR.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Repetitive Mode-Locking in Thermally Compensated Phosphate Glasses at 5 Hz and Above....Pages 3-6
Fluorescence and Laser Action of “Old” (No. 9860) and New Mode-Locking Dyes....Pages 7-11
Stabilization of Solid-State Lasers for Picosecond Transient Spectroscopy....Pages 12-16
Excited Singlet State Absorption in Laser Dyes....Pages 17-20
Picosecond Pulse Generation with Diode Lasers....Pages 21-25
Bandwidth-Limited Picosecond Pulse Generation in an Actively Mode-Locked GaAlAs Diode Laser....Pages 26-29
A Simple Picosecond Pulse Generation Scheme for Injection Lasers....Pages 30-33
Q-Switching of Semiconductor Lasers with Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 34-37
Picosecond Pulses from an Optically Pumped GaAs Laser....Pages 38-40
Generation of Coherent Pulses of 60 Optical Cycles Through Synchronization of the Relaxation Oscillations of a Mode-Locked Dye Laser....Pages 41-45
Synchronization of an Active-Passive Mode-Locked Nd:YAG Laser and a Mode-Locked Argon Ion Laser....Pages 46-49
Pulse-Width Stabilization of a Synchronously Pumped Dye Laser....Pages 50-53
Simultaneous Active AM Plus Passive FM with Q-Controlling Mode-Locked High Power Pulsed Laser....Pages 54-58
A Model of Ultra-Short Pulse Amplification....Pages 59-63
Picosecond Interferomatric Studies of CO2 Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 64-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Recent Advances in Picosecond Optoelectronics....Pages 71-74
Optoelectronic Switching in the Picosecond Time Domain and Its Applications....Pages 75-79
Novel Picosecond Optical Pulse Sampling Technique for Measuring the Response of High-Speed Optical Modulators....Pages 80-83
Ultrafast Magnetophotoconductivity of Semiinsulating Gallium Arsenide....Pages 84-87
Optoelectronic Modulation of Millimeter-Waves by Picosecond Pulses....Pages 88-92
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Measurements of Ultrashort Light Pulses with a Multichannel Two-Photon Photoconducitvity Detector....Pages 93-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Anisotropic Absorption Studies of Orientational Motion....Pages 101-105
Molecular Motions and Solvent Stabilization of Charges....Pages 106-110
Picosecond Polarization Kinetics of Photoluminiscence of Semiconductors and Dyes....Pages 111-114
Molecular Orientation Dynamics in Gels and Critical Mixtures....Pages 115-118
Measurement of Excited State Absorption Cross Sections in Dye Solutions with Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 119-122
Slow and Fast Response of the Optical Kerr Effect....Pages 123-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Picosecond Measurements of Radiative and Radiationless Relaxation Processes in Aromatic Molecules....Pages 131-137
Vibrational Relaxation in Doped and Pure Molecular Crystals A Picosecond Photon Echo and CARS Study....Pages 138-144
New Results on the Rapid Dynamics of Vibrational Modes of Organic Molecules in Liquid and Solid Solutions....Pages 145-150
The Dynamics and Structure of Liquids Revealed by the Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Broadening of Liquid Vibrational Transitions....Pages 151-155
Emission Risetimes in Picosecond Spectroscopy....Pages 156-162
Vibrational Relaxation in the Lowest Excited Singlet State of Anthracene in the Condensed Phase....Pages 163-166
Picosecond Studies of Electronic Relaxation in Triphenylmethane Dyes by Fluorescence-Upconversion....Pages 167-170
Application of a Picosecond Dye Laser to the Study of Relaxation Processes in S-Tetrazine Vapour....Pages 171-174
Dynamics of Reaction and Intramolecular Decay of Excited 3,5-Dinitroanisole: A Model for Ultrafast Radiationless Deactivation of Excited Nitroaromatics....Pages 175-180
Study of the Intersystem Crossing in Ir and Rh Complexes with the Use of Subpicosecond Laser Pulse....Pages 181-185
Vibrational Energy Transfer in Pure Liquid Hydrogen Chloride....Pages 186-189
Investigation of Subpicosecond Dephasing Processes by Transient Spatial Parametric Effect in Resonant Media....Pages 190-194
Optical Properties of Coherent Transients which are Stimulated by Picosecond Pulses at Three Frequencies....Pages 195-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Picosecond Electron Relaxation and Photochemical Dynamics....Pages 203-211
Picosecond Laser Photoionization in Polar Liquids and the Study of the Electron Solvation Process....Pages 212-214
Dynamical Evidence for Preferential Structure in Electron Photoejection from Arylaminonaphthalene Sulfonates....Pages 215-219
Photodissociation, Short-Lived Intermediates, and Charge Transfer Phenomena in Liquids....Pages 220-226
Excited-State Proton-Transfer Kinetics in 1-Naphthol, 1-Naphthol Sulfonates, and Organometallic Complexes....Pages 227-231
Excited-State Absorption Spectra and Decay Mechanisms in Organic Photostabilizers....Pages 232-236
Picosecond Studies of Temperature and Solvent Effects on the Fluorescence from Coumarin 102 and Acridine....Pages 237-241
Picosecond Proton Transfer....Pages 242-245
Molecular Dynamics and Picosecond Vibrational Spectra....Pages 246-248
Viscosity Dependence of Iodine Recombination....Pages 249-252
High-Power Picosecond Molecular Fragmentation and Rapid C-X Radical Formation....Pages 253-258
Photoinduced Isomerism of Stilbenes: Picosecond Timescale Results....Pages 259-265
Study on Fast Processes in Radiation Chemistry by Means of Picosecond Pulse Radiolysis....Pages 266-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Picosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors....Pages 275-279
Picosecond Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Microstructures....Pages 280-284
Picosecond Photoconductivity in Amorphous Silicon....Pages 285-289
Picosecond, 1.06 Micron Laser-Induced Amorphous Phases in Thin, Single Crystal Silicon Membranes....Pages 290-293
Picosecond Time-Resolved Resonant Two-Photon Absorption in Cu2O....Pages 294-297
Determination of Dispersion Curves of Excitonic Polaritons by Picosecond Time-of-Flight Method....Pages 298-302
Picosecond Infrared Spectroscopy in Narrow-Gap Semiconductors....Pages 303-307
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Observation of Picosecond Photon Echoes in GaP:N....Pages 308-309
Pulsewidth Dependence of Picosecond Laser-Induced Breakdown....Pages 310-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Electron Transfer from Photoexcited Bacteriopheophytin to p-Benzoquinone in Cationic Micelles....Pages 317-321
A Report on Picosecond Studies of Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Models....Pages 322-326
Picosecond Studies on Bile Pigments....Pages 327-330
Picosecond Torsional Dynamics of DNA....Pages 331-335
High-Power UV Ultrashort Laser Action on DNA and Its Components....Pages 336-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Surface Picosecond Raman Gain Spectra of a Molecular Monolayer and Ultrathin Films....Pages 343-347
Pulse Sequenced CARS: Background Suppression and Nonlinear Interferences....Pages 348-350
Raman Scattering from Excited States with Picosecond Lifetimes....Pages 351-356
Picosecond Backward Echo in Sodium Vapor — Relaxation and Quantum Beat Modulation....Pages 357-361
The Spatial Growth Rate of Stimulated Raman Scattering: A New Technique for Measuring Picosecond Laser Pulse Intensities....Pages 362-366
Correction of Excite-and-Probe Spectra with Respect to Variations of Pump Pulse Energy....Pages 367-371
Picosecond Phase-Conjugation Reflection and Gain in Saturable Absorbers by Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing....Pages 372-376
Picosecond Resonance Raman Spectroscopy: The Initial Photolytic Event in Rhodopsin and Isorhodopsin....Pages 377-379
Back Matter....Pages 380-384

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Repetitive Mode-Locking in Thermally Compensated Phosphate Glasses at 5 Hz and Above....Pages 3-6
Fluorescence and Laser Action of “Old” (No. 9860) and New Mode-Locking Dyes....Pages 7-11
Stabilization of Solid-State Lasers for Picosecond Transient Spectroscopy....Pages 12-16
Excited Singlet State Absorption in Laser Dyes....Pages 17-20
Picosecond Pulse Generation with Diode Lasers....Pages 21-25
Bandwidth-Limited Picosecond Pulse Generation in an Actively Mode-Locked GaAlAs Diode Laser....Pages 26-29
A Simple Picosecond Pulse Generation Scheme for Injection Lasers....Pages 30-33
Q-Switching of Semiconductor Lasers with Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 34-37
Picosecond Pulses from an Optically Pumped GaAs Laser....Pages 38-40
Generation of Coherent Pulses of 60 Optical Cycles Through Synchronization of the Relaxation Oscillations of a Mode-Locked Dye Laser....Pages 41-45
Synchronization of an Active-Passive Mode-Locked Nd:YAG Laser and a Mode-Locked Argon Ion Laser....Pages 46-49
Pulse-Width Stabilization of a Synchronously Pumped Dye Laser....Pages 50-53
Simultaneous Active AM Plus Passive FM with Q-Controlling Mode-Locked High Power Pulsed Laser....Pages 54-58
A Model of Ultra-Short Pulse Amplification....Pages 59-63
Picosecond Interferomatric Studies of CO2 Laser Produced Plasmas....Pages 64-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Recent Advances in Picosecond Optoelectronics....Pages 71-74
Optoelectronic Switching in the Picosecond Time Domain and Its Applications....Pages 75-79
Novel Picosecond Optical Pulse Sampling Technique for Measuring the Response of High-Speed Optical Modulators....Pages 80-83
Ultrafast Magnetophotoconductivity of Semiinsulating Gallium Arsenide....Pages 84-87
Optoelectronic Modulation of Millimeter-Waves by Picosecond Pulses....Pages 88-92
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Measurements of Ultrashort Light Pulses with a Multichannel Two-Photon Photoconducitvity Detector....Pages 93-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Anisotropic Absorption Studies of Orientational Motion....Pages 101-105
Molecular Motions and Solvent Stabilization of Charges....Pages 106-110
Picosecond Polarization Kinetics of Photoluminiscence of Semiconductors and Dyes....Pages 111-114
Molecular Orientation Dynamics in Gels and Critical Mixtures....Pages 115-118
Measurement of Excited State Absorption Cross Sections in Dye Solutions with Picosecond Light Pulses....Pages 119-122
Slow and Fast Response of the Optical Kerr Effect....Pages 123-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Picosecond Measurements of Radiative and Radiationless Relaxation Processes in Aromatic Molecules....Pages 131-137
Vibrational Relaxation in Doped and Pure Molecular Crystals A Picosecond Photon Echo and CARS Study....Pages 138-144
New Results on the Rapid Dynamics of Vibrational Modes of Organic Molecules in Liquid and Solid Solutions....Pages 145-150
The Dynamics and Structure of Liquids Revealed by the Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Broadening of Liquid Vibrational Transitions....Pages 151-155
Emission Risetimes in Picosecond Spectroscopy....Pages 156-162
Vibrational Relaxation in the Lowest Excited Singlet State of Anthracene in the Condensed Phase....Pages 163-166
Picosecond Studies of Electronic Relaxation in Triphenylmethane Dyes by Fluorescence-Upconversion....Pages 167-170
Application of a Picosecond Dye Laser to the Study of Relaxation Processes in S-Tetrazine Vapour....Pages 171-174
Dynamics of Reaction and Intramolecular Decay of Excited 3,5-Dinitroanisole: A Model for Ultrafast Radiationless Deactivation of Excited Nitroaromatics....Pages 175-180
Study of the Intersystem Crossing in Ir and Rh Complexes with the Use of Subpicosecond Laser Pulse....Pages 181-185
Vibrational Energy Transfer in Pure Liquid Hydrogen Chloride....Pages 186-189
Investigation of Subpicosecond Dephasing Processes by Transient Spatial Parametric Effect in Resonant Media....Pages 190-194
Optical Properties of Coherent Transients which are Stimulated by Picosecond Pulses at Three Frequencies....Pages 195-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Picosecond Electron Relaxation and Photochemical Dynamics....Pages 203-211
Picosecond Laser Photoionization in Polar Liquids and the Study of the Electron Solvation Process....Pages 212-214
Dynamical Evidence for Preferential Structure in Electron Photoejection from Arylaminonaphthalene Sulfonates....Pages 215-219
Photodissociation, Short-Lived Intermediates, and Charge Transfer Phenomena in Liquids....Pages 220-226
Excited-State Proton-Transfer Kinetics in 1-Naphthol, 1-Naphthol Sulfonates, and Organometallic Complexes....Pages 227-231
Excited-State Absorption Spectra and Decay Mechanisms in Organic Photostabilizers....Pages 232-236
Picosecond Studies of Temperature and Solvent Effects on the Fluorescence from Coumarin 102 and Acridine....Pages 237-241
Picosecond Proton Transfer....Pages 242-245
Molecular Dynamics and Picosecond Vibrational Spectra....Pages 246-248
Viscosity Dependence of Iodine Recombination....Pages 249-252
High-Power Picosecond Molecular Fragmentation and Rapid C-X Radical Formation....Pages 253-258
Photoinduced Isomerism of Stilbenes: Picosecond Timescale Results....Pages 259-265
Study on Fast Processes in Radiation Chemistry by Means of Picosecond Pulse Radiolysis....Pages 266-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Picosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors....Pages 275-279
Picosecond Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Microstructures....Pages 280-284
Picosecond Photoconductivity in Amorphous Silicon....Pages 285-289
Picosecond, 1.06 Micron Laser-Induced Amorphous Phases in Thin, Single Crystal Silicon Membranes....Pages 290-293
Picosecond Time-Resolved Resonant Two-Photon Absorption in Cu2O....Pages 294-297
Determination of Dispersion Curves of Excitonic Polaritons by Picosecond Time-of-Flight Method....Pages 298-302
Picosecond Infrared Spectroscopy in Narrow-Gap Semiconductors....Pages 303-307
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Observation of Picosecond Photon Echoes in GaP:N....Pages 308-309
Pulsewidth Dependence of Picosecond Laser-Induced Breakdown....Pages 310-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Electron Transfer from Photoexcited Bacteriopheophytin to p-Benzoquinone in Cationic Micelles....Pages 317-321
A Report on Picosecond Studies of Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Models....Pages 322-326
Picosecond Studies on Bile Pigments....Pages 327-330
Picosecond Torsional Dynamics of DNA....Pages 331-335
High-Power UV Ultrashort Laser Action on DNA and Its Components....Pages 336-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Surface Picosecond Raman Gain Spectra of a Molecular Monolayer and Ultrathin Films....Pages 343-347
Pulse Sequenced CARS: Background Suppression and Nonlinear Interferences....Pages 348-350
Raman Scattering from Excited States with Picosecond Lifetimes....Pages 351-356
Picosecond Backward Echo in Sodium Vapor — Relaxation and Quantum Beat Modulation....Pages 357-361
The Spatial Growth Rate of Stimulated Raman Scattering: A New Technique for Measuring Picosecond Laser Pulse Intensities....Pages 362-366
Correction of Excite-and-Probe Spectra with Respect to Variations of Pump Pulse Energy....Pages 367-371
Picosecond Phase-Conjugation Reflection and Gain in Saturable Absorbers by Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing....Pages 372-376
Picosecond Resonance Raman Spectroscopy: The Initial Photolytic Event in Rhodopsin and Isorhodopsin....Pages 377-379
Back Matter....Pages 380-384
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