
Index
M
2
,17
ABCD matrix, 325
aberration
chromatic, 83
spherical, 89
absorber
two-photon, 354
absorption, 153, 154
absorption coefficient, 153,
159, 229
accelerometer, 603
acoustic pulse, 557, 568
alexandrite, 364
amplification, 153, 154, 396
chirped pulse (CPA), 410
optical parametric chirped pulse
(OPCPA), 426
amplification coefficient, 159
amplified spontaneous emission (ASE),
404, 417
amplifier, 395
inhomogeneously broadened, 403
multi-pass, 418
multi-stage, 417
regenerative, 421
travelling wave (TWA), 422
amplitude and phase retrieval, 473
frequency resolved optical gating
(FROG), 480
from correlation and spectrum, 477
spectral phase interferometry for direct
electric field