Publications of Jean-Claude Diels

Books & Book Chapters

  1. J.-C. Diels and W. Rudolph, Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomenon: Fundamentals, techniques and applications on a femtosecond time scale, (Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-215492-4, Boston, 1996).
  2. J.-C. Diels, "Femtosecond dye lasers," in Dye Laser Principles, pages 41-132, Duarte & Hillman, eds., (Academic Press, Boston 1990).
  3. X. M. Zhao and J.-C. Diels, "Ultrashort sources," chapter 14, pp 14.1-14.29, in Optics Handbook, Vol. I, M. Bass, ed., (McGraw-Hill, New-York, 1994).
  4. X. M. Zhao, S. Diddams, and J.-C. Diels, "Applications of ultrashort pulses," chapter 4, pp. 113-151, in Tunable Lasers Applications, F. J. Duarte, ed., (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1995).
  5. Jens Biegert, Vaclav Kubecek and Jean-Claude Diels, "Pulse Compression: Type II Second Harmonic Pulse Compression. In John G. Webster, editor, Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (#17), IEEE, pages 446-454, 1998.

Selected Publications

    1. Scott Diddams, Briggs Atherton, and Jean-Claude Diels. Differential intracavity phase spectroscopy of a three-level system in samarium. Phys. Rev. A., 58:2252-2263, 1998.
    2. Steffen Prein, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Complete characterization of femtosecond pulses using an all-electronic detector. Optics Comm., 123:567-573, 1996.
    3. J.-C. Diels, R. Bernstein, K. Stahlkopf and Xin Miao Zhao, "Lightning control with lasers", Scientific American. 277, 50-55, (1997).
    4. A. Umbrasas, J.-C. Diels, G. Valiulis, J. Jacob, and A. Piskarskas, "Generation of femtosecond pulses through second harmonic compression of the output of a Nd:YAG laser," Opt. Lett. 20, 2228-2230, (1995).
    5. J.-C. Diels, R. Bernstein, K. Stahlkopf and Xin Miao Zhao", "Lightning control with lasers", Scientific American. 277, 50-55, (1997).
    6. M. Bohn and J.-C. Diels, "Bidirectional Kerr-lens mode-locked femtosecond ring laser", Optics Comm., 141, 53-58", (1997).
    7. M. Bohn and J.-C. Diels, "Measuring Intracavity Phase Changes Using Double Pulses in a Linear Cavity", Optics Lett., 22, 642-644, (1997).
    8. S. Diddams and J.-C. Diels, "Dispersion measurements with white light interferometry," Journal of the Opt. Soc. Am. B., 13, 1120-1129, (1996).
    9. S. Prein, S. Diddams, and J.-C. Diels, "Complete characterization of femtosecond pulses using an all-electronic detector," Optics Comm. 123, 567 (1996).
    10. X. M. Zhao, J.-C. Diels, C. Y. Wang, and J. Elizondo, "Femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulse induced electrical discharges in gases," IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics
    11. N. Mukherjee, A. Mukherjee, and J.-C. Diels, "Four-photon coherent resonant propagation and transient wave mixing: Application to the mercury atom," Phys. Rev. A A38, 1990-2004 (1988).
    12. J.-C. Diels, J. J. Fontaine, and W. Rudolph, "Ultrafast diagnostics," Revue Phys. Appl. 22, 1605-1611 (1987).
    13. J.-C. Diels and S. Besnainou, "Multiphoton coherent excitation of molecules," J. Chem. Phys. 85, 6347-6355 (1986).
    14. W. Rudolph and J.-C. Diels, "Femtosecond time resolved fluorescence," pages 71--74, in Picosecond Phenomena V, A. E. Siegman, ed., (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986).
    15. J.-C. Diels, J. J. Fontaine, I. C. McMichael, and F. Simoni, "Control and measurement of ultrashort pulse shapes (in amplitude and phase) with femtosecond accuracy," Applied Optics 24, 1270-1282 (1985).
    16. S. Besnainou, J.-C. Diels, and J. Stone, "Molecular multiphoton excitation of phase coherent pulse pairs," J. of Chem. Phys. 81, 143-149 (1984).
    17. W. Dietel, J. J. Fontaine, and J.-C. Diels, "Intracavity pulse compression with glass: a new method of generating pulses shorter than 60 femtoseconds," Optics Lett. 8, 4-6 (1983).
    18. J.-C. Diels, J. Menders, and H. Sallaba, "Generation of coherent pulses of 60 optical cycles through synchronization of the relaxation oscillations of a mode-locked dye laser," in Picosecond Phenomena II, page 41, R. M. Hochstrasser, W. Kaiser, and C. V. Shank, eds. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1980).
    19. J.-C. Diels and A. T. Georges, "Coherent two-photon resonant third and fifth harmonic VUV generation in metal vapors," Phys. Rev. A 19, 1589-1591 (1979).
    20. J-C. Diels, "Efficient selective optical excitation for isotope separation using short laser pulses," Phys. Rev. A 13, 1520-1526 (1976).
    21. J.-C. Diels and E. L. Hahn, "Pulse propagation stability in absorbing and amplifying media," IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics QE-12, 411-416 (1976).
    22. J.-C. Diels and E. L. Hahn, "Phase modulation propagation effects in ruby," Phys. Rev. A A-10, 2501-2510 (1974).
    23. J.-C. Diels and E. L. Hahn, "Off-resonance pulse propagation in a two-level system, distance dependence of the carrier frequency," in Proceedings of the Laser Spectroscopy Conference (Vail, Colorado, 1973).
    24. J.-C. Diels and E. L. Hahn, "Carrier-frequency distance dependence of a pulse propagating in a two-level system," Phys. Rev. A A-8, 1084-1110 (1973).

    Publications since 1990

    A. Refereed

    [1]
    M. Mohebi, M. Lai, B. Jean-Jean, and J.-C. Diels. Energy limiting at a saturable nonlinear interface. Optics Comm., 75:149-153, 1990.

    [2]
    M. Lai and J.-C. Diels. Interference between spontaneous emission in different directions. Am. Journal of Physics, 58:928-930, 1990.

    [3]
    M. Lai and J.-C. Diels. Thermal nonlinear effects in exotic media: application to the study of nonlinear interfaces. Applied Optics, 29:3882-3885, 1990.

    [4]
    M. Lai and J.-C. Diels. Ring-laser configuration with spontaneous noise reduced by destructive interference of the laser outputs. Phys. Rev. A, A42:536-542, 1990.

    [5]
    M. Lai and J.-C. Diels. Backward-stimulated emission and non-reciprocity in optics. Phys. Rev. A, A43:2464-2466, 1991.

    [6]
    Michael Dennis and Jean-Claude Diels. Behavior of a bidirectional co2 ring laser. In N. B. Abraham, Elsa Garmire, and Paul Mandel, editors, OSA Proceedings of Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems, volume 7, pages 420-423, Afton, Oklahoma, 1991. Optical Society of America.

    [7]
    M. L. Dennis, J.-C. Diels, and M. Lai. The femtosecond ring dye laser: a potential new laser gyro. Optics Letters, 16:529-531, 1991.

    [8]
    Chi Yan and J.-C. Diels. Amplitude and phase recording of ultrashort pulses. J. of the Opt. Soc. Am. B, 8:1259-1263, 1991.

    [9]
    A. Agnesi, J.-C. Diels, P. Di Trapani, V. Kubecek, J. Marek, G. Reali, and C. Y. Yeh. Passive feedback for stable short pulse generation. In Mourou Harris, Ippen and Zewail, editors, Picosecond Phenomena VII, pages 38-40, Berlin, 1990. Springer-Verlag.

    [10]
    J.-C. Diels and M. Lai. Bidirectional operation and gyroscopic properties of an homogeneously broadened ring laser. Phys. Rev. A, 44:5898-5903, 1991.

    [11]
    Ming Lai, J.-C. Diels, and Chi Yan. A transversally pumped 11-pass amplifier for femtosecond optical pulses. Applied Optics, 30:4365-4367, 1991.

    [12]
    Chi Yan and Jean-Claude Diels. 3d imaging with ultrashort pulses. Applied Optics, 31:6869-6873, 1991.

    [13]
    Ming Lai and Jean-Claude Diels. Ultrafast energy switching on a saturable absorptive interface. Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics, paper CFO6, 1991. Baltimore.

    [14]
    Ming Lai and Jean-Claude Diels. Wave-particle duality of a photon in emission. Journal of the Opt. Soc. Am. B, 9:2290-2294, 1992.

    [15]
    A. Agnesi, A. Del Corno, J.-C. Diels, P. Di Trapani, M. Fogliani, V. Kubecek, G. C. Reali, C.-Y. Yeh, and Xin Miao Zhao. Generation of extended pulse trains of minimum duration by passive negative feedback applied to solid state q-switched lasers. IEEE J. of Quantum Electron., QE-81:306-310, 1992.

    [16]
    Ming Lai and Jean-Claude Diels. New complete diagnostic method to determine fs pulse shapes in amplitude and phase without the use of nonlinear process. Optics Comm, 88:319-325, 1992.

    [17]
    Ming Lai, Jean-Claude Diels, and Michael Dennis. Nonreciprocal measurements in fs ring lasers. Optics Letters, 17:1535-1537, 1992.

    [18]
    M. L. Dennis, J.-C. Diels, and M. Mohebi. Study of a carbon dioxide ring laser gyroscope. Applied Physics B, B54:278-287, 1992.

    [19]
    J.-C. Diels, P. Dorn, M. Lai, W. Rudolph, and X. M. Zhao. Femtosecond sagnac interferometry. In J.-L. Martin, A. Migus, G. A. Mourou, and A. H. Zewail, editors, Ultrafast Phenomena VIII, pages 120-123, Antibes, France, 1992. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

    [20]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Jets as lensing elements in dye laser cavities. In CLEO, paper CWG34, Anaheim, CA, 1992. Optical Society of Americ.

    [21]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Chao Yung Yeh, Jean-Claude Diels, and Cai Yi Wang. Discharge of lightning with ultrashort laser pulses. In CLEO, paper CThP4, Anaheim, CA, 1992. Optical Society of America.

    [22]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Chao Yung Yeh, Jean-Claude Diels, and Cai Yi Wang. A femtosecond lightning rod. In J.-L. Martin, A. Migus, G. A. Mourou, and A. H. Zewail, editors, Ultrafast Phenomena VIII, pages 264-266, Antibes, France, 1992. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

    [23]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Chapter 14: Ultrashort sources. In M. Bass, editor, Optics Handbook Vol. I, pages 14.1-14.29. McGraw-Hill, New-York, 1994.

    [24]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Femtosecond pulses to divert lightning. Laser Focus World, 29:113-123, 1993.

    [25]
    Xin Miao Zhao and J.-C. Diels. Stability study of fs dye laser with self-lensing effects. J. Optical Society America B, 10(7):1159-1165, 1993.

    [26]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. A pure linear method to determine the amplitude and phase of a fs pulse. In CLEO, paper CFB2, Baltimore, MD, 1993. Optical Society of America.

    [27]
    J.-C. Diels, Xin Miao Zhao, C.-Y. Yeh, and C. Y. Wang. Discharge of electrically charged clouds. Technical Report PL-TR-92-2266, Philips Laboratory, HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, MA, 1992.

    [28]
    M. L. Dennis and J. C. Diels. Intracavity four wave mixing in a ring laser gyroscope. Applied Optics, 33:1659-1672, 1994.

    [29]
    J. C. Diels, M. Lai, and M. L. Dennis. Ultrasensitive detection with ultrashort pulse ring lasers. In A. Laubereau and A. Sellmeier, editors, Ultrafast Processes in Spectroscopy, pages 133-138, London, 1992. IOP Publishing Ltd.

    [30]
    Scott Diddams, Jean-Claude Diels, and Briggs Atherton. Femtosecond laser gyroscope. In CLEO, paper CTuN58, Baltimore, MD, 1993. Optical Society of America.

    [31]
    Scott Diddams and Jean-Claude Diels. White light interferometry and Fourier spectroscopy. In Proceedings of Lab Focus 1993, Boise, Idaho, 1993. American Association of Physics Teachers.

    [32]
    Briggs Atherton, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Intracavity ring-laser, femtosecond, phase sensitive spectroscopy. In OSA Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings, Toronto, Canada, 1993. Optical Society of America.

    [33]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Jean-Claude Diels, A. Braun, X. Liu, D. Du, G. Korn, G. Mourou, and Juan Elizondo. Use of self-trapped filaments in air to trigger lightning. In P. F. Barbara, W. H. Knox, G. A. Mourou, and A. H. Zewail, editors, Ultrafast Phenomena IX, pages 233-235, Dana Point, CA, 1994. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

    [34]
    A. Umbrasas, J. C. Diels, J. Jacob, and A. Piskarskas. Parametric oscillation and compression in KTP crystals. Opt. Lett., 19:1753-1755, 1994.

    [35]
    A. Umbrasas, J. C. Diels, G. Valiulis, J. Jacob, and A. Piskarskas. Generation of femtosecond pulses through second harmonic compression of the output of a Nd:YAG laser. Opt. Lett., 20:2228-2230, 1995.

    [36]
    A. Umbrasas, J. C. Diels, G. Valiulis, A. Piskarskas, and J. Jacob. Compression of Nd:YAG laser pulses during second harmonic generation. In CLEO, 1995, page 130 (CTuJ4), Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [37]
    Paul Pulaski and Jean-Claude diels. Unidirectional multiple-quantum-well laser. In CLEO, 1995, page 153 (CTuQ4), Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [38]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Patrick Rambo, Jean-Claude Diels, and Juan Elizondo. Effect of oxygen in laser triggering of lightning. In CLEO, 1995, page 182 (CWE2), Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [39]
    Cailong Bao and Jean-Claude Diels. Ultrafast nonlinear response in PLZT thin films with applied femtosecond pulses. In CLEO, 1995, page 381 (CFB8), Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [40]
    Cailong Bao and Jean-Claude Diels. Ultrafast nonlinear response in PLZT thin films with ultrashort pulses. Optics Lett., 20:2186-2188, 1995.

    [41]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Bichromatic coherent excitation: Application to the excitation of mesospheric sodium. In CLEO, 1995, page 240 (CWJ2), Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [42]
    Scott Diddams, Briggs Atherton, and Jean-Claude Diels. Intracavity phase spectroscopy of samarium. In QELS, 1995, page QThB4, Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [43]
    Briggs Atherton, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Stabilization of a mode-locked ring laser. In QELS, 1995, page QMC2, Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [44]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Patrick Rambo, and Jean-Claude Diels. Filamentation of femtosecond uv pulses in air. In QELS, 1995, page QThD2, Baltimore, MA, 1995. Optical Society of America.

    [45]
    C. Yan and J.-C. Diels. Two-dimensional imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction of low reflectivity surfaces by using the range-gating upconversion second-harmonic method. Applied Optics, 34:2993-2997, 1995.

    [46]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Jean-Claude Diels, Cai Yi Wang, and Juan Elizondo. Femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulse induced electrical discharges in gases. IEEE J. Quant. Elec., 31:599-612, 1995.

    [47]
    N. Jamasbi, M. Mohebi, and J.-C. Diels. A femtosecond optical technique to study ultrafast oscillating systems in real time. J. Optics, 27:105-109, 1996.

    [48]
    Paul Pulaski and Jean-Claude Diels. Unidirectional multiple quantum well laser. In Ninth annual Diode Laser Technology Review, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996. USAF Phillips Laboratory.

    [49]
    Scott Diddams, Briggs Atherton, and Jean-Claude Diels. Frequency locking and unlocking in a femtosecond ring laser with the application to intracavity phase measurements. Applied Physics B, 63:473-480, 1996.

    [50]
    Scott Diddams and Jean-Claude Diels. Dispersion measurements with white-light interferometry. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 13:1120-1129, 1996.

    [51]
    Briggs Atherton, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Stabilization of a mode-locked ring laser gyroscope. In CLEO, 1996, page CTuT6, Anaheim, CA, 1996. Optical Society of America.

    [52]
    Steffen Prein, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Complete characterization of femtosecond pulses with all-electronic detection. In CLEO, 1996, page CTuX3, Anaheim, CA, 1996. Optical Society of America.

    [53]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Patrick Rambo, and Jean-Claude Diels. Self-trapping, self-focusing and filamentation in air. In QELS, 1996, page QWE1, Anaheim, CA, 1996. Optical Society of America.

    [54]
    Scott Diddams, Briggs Atherton, and Jean-Claude Diels. Intracavity characterization of a three-level system in atomic samarium. In QELS, 1996, page QThF28, Anaheim, CA, 1996. Optical Society of America.

    [55]
    Steffen Prein, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Complete characterization of femtosecond pulses using an all-electronic detector. Optics Comm., 123:567-573, 1996.

    [56]
    Matthew J. Bohn and Jean-Claude Diels. Measuring intracavity phase changes using double pulses in a linear cavity. Optics Lett., 22:642-644, 1997.

    [57]
    Matthew J. Bohn and Jean-Claude Diels. Nonreciprocal response in a linear cavity. In CLEO, 1997, pages CTuS5, 166, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997. Optical Society of America.

    [58]
    Matthew J. Bohn and Jean-Claude Diels. Bidirectional Kerr-lens modelocked femtosecond ring laser. In CLEO, 1997, pages CThC5, 322, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997. Optical Society of America.

    [59]
    Paul Pulaski and Jean-Claude Diels. Demonstration of a unidirectional multiple quantum well laser. In Tenth annual Diode Laser Technology Review, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997. USAF Phillips Laboratory.

    [60]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Ralph Bernstein, Karl Stahlkopf, and Xin Miao Zhao. Lightning control with lasers. Scientific American, 277:50-55, 1997.

    [61]
    Scott Diddams, Briggs Atherton, and Jean-Claude Diels. Differential intracavity phase spectroscopy of a three-level system in samarium. Phys. Rev. A., 58:2252-2263, 1998.

    [62]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Jens Biegert, and John Mcgraw. Alternatives to the conventional sodium beacon. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific, editor, ASP'98, Adaptive Optics and Interferometry in the 21st Century, U.S.A., 1998.

    [63]
    R. Jason Jones, Matthew J. Bohn, and Jean-Claude Diels. Solid state laser gyro using ZnS for kerr-lens mode-locking. In CLEO, 1998, page 434, San Francisco, Ca, 1998. Optical Society of America.

    [64]
    Jens Biegert, Vaclav Kubecek, and Jean-Claude Diels. Second harmonic pulse compression. In Ultrafast Phenomena XI, pages 84-86. Springer-Verlag, 1998.

    [65]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Dietrich Kuehlke, Jason Jones, Thien Trang Dang, and Xianmei Meng. Progress towards a compact, solid state, active laser gyroscope. In Proceedings of Lase'99, pages 3616-27, San Jose, CA, 1999. SPIE.

    [66]
    Aaron Bernstein, Jean-Claude Diels, William Junor, and Sergio R. Restaino. Analog optical processing of moire interferometry using fourier techniques. In Proceedings of Lase'99, pages 3611-10, San Jose, CA, 1999. SPIE.

    [67]
    M. E. Dearborn, K. Koch, G. Moore, and J. C. Diels. Greater than 100% photon-conversion efficiency from an optical parametric oscillator with intracavity difference-frequency mixing. Opt. Lett., 24:759-781, 1999.

    [68]
    J. Biegert, V. Kubecek, and J. C. Diels. A new femtosecond uv source based on Nd:YAG. In CLEO, 1999, page 479, Baltimore, Maryland, 1999. Optical Society of America.

    [69]
    P. K. Rambo, J. Biegert, V. Kubecek, J. Schwarz, A. Bernstein, J. C. Diels, R. Bernstein, and K. Stahlkopf. Laboratory tests of laser induced lightning discharge. Journal of Optical Technology, 66:194-198, 1999.

    [70]
    J. Biegert and J. C. Diels. Bichromatic 2-photon coherent excitation of sodium for adaptive optics. In Technical Digest, ICO XVIII, Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Next Millenium, volume 3749, pages 18-19, San Francisco, CA, 1999. SPIE.

    [71]
    J.-C. Diels, P. K. Rambo, J. Schwarz, L. Giuggioli, and J. Biegert. Tests of laser-induced discharge of high dc voltage using high-power femtosecond uv pulses. In Proceedings of Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications, volume 3886-23, Osaka, Japan, 1999. SPIE.

    [72]
    J. Jones, J. C. Diels, J. Jasapara, and W. Rudolph. Pulse rate, average frequency and phase stabilization of a mode-locked pulse train. Optics Comm., submitted, 1999.

    [73]
    V. Kubecek, J. Biegert, J.-C. Diels, and M. Mokta. Practical source of 50 ps pulses using a flashlamp pumped Nd:YAG laser and all-solid-state pulse control. Optics Comm., submitted, 1999.

    B. Invited

    [1]
    J.-C. Diels. Picosecond and femtosecond dynamical studies on thin-layers. In Proceedings of OE LASE'90, volume 1209, Los Angeles, January 1990. SPIE.

    [2]
    J.-C. Diels. Femtosecond dye lasers. Laser's 90 (Plenary talk), 1990. San Diego.

    [3]
    J.-C. Diels et al. Passive negative feedback. Laser's 90, 1990. San Diego.

    [4]
    J.-C. Diels and M. Lai. Noise properties of ring lasers with thin film gain media. Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, OE/Boston '90, 1990. Boston.

    [5]
    J.-C. Diels, M. Lai, and M. Dennis. Ultrasensitive detection with ultrashort pulses. In A. Laubereau and A. Seilmeier, editors, Ultrafast Processes in Spectroscopy 1991, Bayreuth, Germany, 1991. IOP Publishing Ltd.

    [6]
    A. Piskarskas and J.-C. Diels. Parametric oscillation in ktp crystals synchronously pumped by the 2nd harmonic of cw aml and q-switched nd yag lasers. Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy, UPS'91, October 1991. Bayreuth, Germany.

    [7]
    J.-C. Diels. Detection of low frequencies with ultrafast pulses. Winter Quantum Electronics Conference, January 1992. Snowbird, Utah.

    [8]
    J.-C. Diels, Ming Lai, and Michael Dennis. New applications of ultrafast lasers. Laser's 91, December 1991. Plenary talk, San Diego, Ca.

    [9]
    Xin Miao Zhao, C. Y. Yeh, J. C. Diels, and Cai Yi Wang. Ultrashort pulse propagation for triggering of lightning. In R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, editors, Proceedings of the int. conf. on Laser's 91, San Diego, CA, December 1991. SOQE, SPS press, McLean, Virginia.

    [10]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Xin Miao Zhao, and Scott Diddams. Capturing electromagnetic fields with fs resolution. In SPIE Proceedings 1861, Los Angeles, CA, 1993.

    [11]
    Jean-Claude Diels. Overview of diagnostic methods for ultrashort pulses. In SPIE Proceedings, Generation, Amplification and measurement of ultrashort laser pulses, volume 2116, Los Angeles, CA, 1994. SPIE.

    [12]
    J.-C. Diels. Diagnostic method on- and with- ultrashort pulses. Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy, UPS'93, October 1993. Vilnius, Lithuania.

    [13]
    J.-C. Diels, Scott Diddams, and Briggs Atherton. Sagnac spectroscopy. Winter Quantum Electronics Conference, January 1994. Snowbird, Utah.

    [14]
    Citation. Science, December 1993. Vol 262 (News).

    [15]
    J.-C. Diels. Applications of femtosecond pulses. Seminar at the Ecole Normale Sup., Paris, October 1993. Palaiseau, France.

    [16]
    J.-C. Diels. Triggering of lightning. Seminar at the University of Grenoble, October 1993. Grenoble, France.

    [17]
    J.-C. Diels. Self focusing in air. Seminar at the University of Michigan, September 1993. Ann Arbor, Nichigan.

    [18]
    J.-C. Diels. Rotation sensing and measurement of other nonreciprocal effects using mode=locked lasers. Seminar at I.M.R.A., June 1993. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

    [19]
    J.-C. Diels. Unusual properties of ring lasers with ultrathin gain and dielectric layers. Seminar at New Mexico State University, November 1994. Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    [20]
    Briggs Atherton, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Ultrasensitive phase measurements with femtosecond ring lasers. In SPIE Proceedings, Generation, Amplification and measurement of ultrashort laser pulses, San Jose, CA, 1995. SPIE.

    [21]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Scott Diddams, and Briggs Atherton. Ultrasensitive phase measurements with femtosecond ring lasers. In O. Svelto, S. De Silvestri, and G. Denardo, editors, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy, pages 595-598, Trieste, Italy, 1996.

    [22]
    Xin Miao Zhao, Scott Diddams, and Jean-Claude Diels. Applications of ultrashort pulses. In F. J. Duarte, editor, Tunable Lasers Applications, chapter 4, pages 113-151. Marcel Dekker, New York, N. Y., 1995.

    [23]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Ultrashort sources. In M. Bass, editor, Optics handbook Vol. I, chapter 14, pages 14.1-14.29. McGraw-Hill, New York, N. Y., 1994.

    [24]
    Xin Miao Zhao and Jean-Claude Diels. Filamentation in air: a story of pancakes, spaghetti and bullets. In O. Svelto, S. De Silvestri, and G. Denardo, editors, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena in Spectroscopy, pages 291-294, Trieste, Italy, 1996.

    [25]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Scott Diddams, and Briggs Atherton. Diagnostics and applications with femtosecond lasers. In R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, editors, Proceedings of the int. conf. on Laser's 95, Charleston, SC, 1995. SOQE, SPS press.

    [26]
    Jean-Claude Diels, Thien Dang, and Paul Pulaski. Semiconductor laser gyros. In R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, editors, Proceedings of the int. conf. on Laser's 95, Charleston, SC, 1995. SOQE, SPS press.

    [27]
    T. Sean Ross, Gerald T. Moore, Karl Koch, Michael E. Dearborn, and Jean-Claude Diels. Photon-conversion efficiencies greater than 100%. In R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, editors, Proceedings of the int. conf. on Laser's 98, McLean, Virginia, December 1998. Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics, SPS press, McLean, Virginia.

    [28]
    Jens Biegert, Vaclav Kubecek, and Jean-Claude Diels. Pulse compression: Type II second harmonic pulse compression. In John G. Webster, editor, Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (#17), volume 17, pages 446-454. IEEE, 1998.

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