Physics of ultrafast processes (ultrafast spectroscopy, SoSe 2022)

Fundamentals of generation and application of ultrashort light pulses, physical mechanisms of ultrafast processes in the gas and condensed phases

Topics

1. Generation of ultrashort pulses

2. Frequency conversion and pulse compression

3. Methods of pulse characterization and nonlinear spectroscopy

4. Nonlinear dynamics and control of isolated systems

5.Ultrafast dynamics of molecular systems in condensed phases

6. Dynamics of elementary excitations in solids