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.

Based on a NATO Advanced Summer Institute, this volume discusses physical models, mathematical formalisms, experimental techniques, and applications for ultrafast dynamics of quantum systems. These systems are used in laser optics, spectroscopy, and utilize monochromaticity, spectral brightness, coherence, power density, and tunability of laser sources.