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A Personal Foreword | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Acknowledgment | |
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Introduction | |
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Motivation | |
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Definition of Optical Pump and Probe | |
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Guideline | |
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Matrix of Laser Effects and Applications | |
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Historical Survey of Optical Ultra-fast Metrology | |
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Metrology Techniques Before the Advent of Laser | |
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Ultra-fast Pump and Probe Metrology | |
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Ultra-fast Engineering Working Tools | |
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Ultra-fast Laser Sources | |
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General Aspects for Ultra-precise Engineering | |
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General Aspects on Ultra-fast Lasers for Ultra-fast Metrology | |
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Laser Oscillator | |
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Rod and Disk Solid-State Laser | |
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Fiber Oscillator | |
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Amplifier | |
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Amplification Media | |
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Chirped-Pulse Amplification (CPA) | |
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Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification (OPCPA) | |
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Amplifier Designs | |
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Commercial Systems | |
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Facilities | |
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Focusing of Ultra-fast Laser Radiation | |
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Ultra-small Laser Focus | |
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Gaussian Beam | |
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Beam Parameters of Gaussian Radiation | |
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Pulse Duration | |
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Beam Stability | |
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Key Parameters for Ultra-precision Machining and Diagnostics | |
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Ultra-precise Machining | |
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Ultra-fast Pump and Probe Diagnostics for Mechanical Engineering | |
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Beam Positioning and Scanning | |
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Positioning | |
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Scanning Systems | |
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New Challenges to Ultra-fast Metrology | |
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Temporal Domain | |
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Spatial Domain | |
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Domains of Optical Pump and Probe Techniques for Process Diagnosis | |
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Fundamentals of Laser Interaction | |
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Linear to Non-linear Optics | |
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Linear Optics: Group Velocity Dispersion and Chirp | |
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Non-linear Processes | |
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Non-linear Polarization | |
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Self-focusing | |
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Spectral Broadening by Self-phase Modulation | |
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Catastrophic Self-focusing | |
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High-Power Photon-Matter Interaction | |
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Absorption of Laser Radiation in Matter | |
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Energy Transfer from Electrons to Matter | |
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Melting and Vaporization | |
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Melt Dynamics | |
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Onset of Ablation | |
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Ionization | |
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Matching of Plasma Dynamics on Ultra-fast Time-Scale | |
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Absorption of Radiation in a Plasma | |
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Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas | |
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Inverse Bremsstrahlung | |
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Plasma Heating | |
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Ionization of a Plasma | |
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Cross-Section and Collision Frequency | |
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Electron Transitions and Energy Transport | |
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The Total Emission | |
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The Opacity | |
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Dielectric Function of a Plasma | |
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Ponderomotive Force | |
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Fundamentals of Pump and Probe | |
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Ultra-fast Laser Radiation | |
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Beam Propagation | |
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Dispersion | |
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Coherence | |
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Preparation of States and Conditions for Probe Beams | |
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Preparation of States | |
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Preparation of States by Spectro-Temporal Shaping | |
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Measurement of States | |
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Measurement of Radiation Properties | |
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Pulse Duration | |
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Spectral Phase | |
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Imaging with Ultra-fast Laser Radiation | |
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Diffraction Theory and Incoherent Illumination | |
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Image Formation by Microscopy and Coherent Illumination | |
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Temporal Delaying | |
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Mechanical Delay | |
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Single-Pass Delay Stage | |
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Multi-Pass Delay Stage | |
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Mechanical Optoelectronic Scanning | |
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Non-mechanical Delay | |
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Free-Running Lasers | |
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Synchronized Lasers | |
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Examples for Ultra-fast Detection Methods | |
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Non-imaging Detection | |
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Transient Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS) | |
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Principle and Setup | |
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Characterization of the White-Light Continuum | |
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Measurement by TAS | |
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Temporal Shaped Pulses | |
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Principle and Setup | |
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Characterization of the Si-K<sub>�</sub>-Radiation Source | |
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Imaging Detection | |
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Non-coherent Methods | |
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Shadowgraphy | |
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Transient Quantitative Phase Microscopy (TQPm) | |
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Coherent Methods | |
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Mach-Zehnder Micro-Interferometry | |
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Speckle Microscopy | |
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Nomarsky Microscopy | |
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Applications of Pump and Probe Metrology | |
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Drilling of Metals | |
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Introduction | |
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Measurement of Ejected Plasma, Vapor and Melt | |
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Microstructuring of Metals | |
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Introduction | |
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Detection of Plasma Dynamics | |
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Marking of Glass | |
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Introduction | |
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Detection of Laser-Induced Defects | |
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Detection of Refractive-Index Changes and Cracking | |
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Welding of Technical Glasses and Silicon | |
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Introduction | |
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Detection of Laser-Induced Melting | |
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Perspectives for the Future | |
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Laser and Other Sources | |
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Methodology | |
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Scanning Technology | |
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Spatial Scanning | |
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Temporal Scanning | |
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Beam Shaping | |
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Spatial Shaping | |
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Temporal Shaping | |
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Summary | |
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Lock-in Amplifier | |
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Onset on Optics | |
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Abbe Sine Condition | |
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Quantitative Phase Microscopy | |
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Plasma Parameters | |
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Transport Coefficients | |
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Electrical Conductivity | |
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Thermal Conductivity | |
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Diffusivity of Electrons | |
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Viscosity | |
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Debye Length | |
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Plasma Oscillations and Waves | |
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Coupling Between Electrons and Ions | |
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Hydrodynamic Instabilities | |
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Facilities | |
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List of Abbreviations and Symbols | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Symbols | |
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References | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |