Space-time imaging and interferometric microscopy

Advances in mode-locked sources allow ultrafast optical fields to be programmed both spatially and temporally. Sophisticated electronics and computer control increase the complexity of measurements that one can make on optical fields. Computer modeling and simulation have also advanced to where one can model extraordinarily complex optical fields. Through computer simulations and optimization, one can design optical pulses with specialized functions and explore unique field-matter interactions and phenomena that were hitherto impossible. In addition, through the synthesis of optics, nanometer scale control, and intensive signal processing, one can now detect and analyze multidimensional ultrafast complex optical pulses. In this thesis, I discuss applications of time-domain and polychromatic optical fields, which illustrate the benefits of the amalgamation of experimental optics and computational analysis.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Basinger, Scott Alan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brady, David J.

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
• Physics, Optics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Basinger, Scott Alan

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591197396
AAI9712198
(UMI)AAI9712198

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20357