Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems: Physical Processes and Spectroscopic Techniques

Linear and Nonlinear Propagation of Short Light Pulses; B. Di Bartolo. Femtosecond Dynamics of Molecular Reactions at Metal Surfaces; R. Finlay, E. Mazur. Some Selected Aspects of Light-Matter Interaction in Solids; C.F. Klingshirn. Femtosecond Pulse Generation: Principles and Fiber Applications; E.P. Ippen. Laser Sources for Ultrafast Spectroscopy; A.I. Ferguson. Phonons and Electron-Phonons Interaction in Semiconductors and High-Tc Superconductors; M. Cardona. Dielectric Description of Matter: From Maxwell- to Semiconductor Bloch-Equations; R. von Baltz. Coherent Dynamics in Semiconductors; J. Hvam. Quasiparticles and Quasimomentum; R. von Baltz, C. Klingshirn. On the Equivalence of Coupled Pendula and Quantum Mechanical Non-crossing Rule; A. Jolk, et al. Long Seminars: Solitons in Optical Fibers and Application to High Bit Rate Transmission; L. Mollenauer. Hot Luminescence and Fast Relaxation of Optical Centers in Solids; G. Baldacchini. Jahn-Teller Driven Movements of Excited Ions in Crystals; C. Ronda. Interdisciplinary Lecture: Unification in Particle Physics: Symmetries and Hidden Dimensions; G. Costa. 7 additional Long Seminars. 14 Short Seminars. 16 Posters. 2 Roundtable Discussions. Index.