Laser Basics -- Pulsed Optics -- Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses: Mode-Locking -- Further Methods for the Generation of Ultrashort Optical Pulses -- Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers -- How to Manipulate and Change the Characteristics of Laser Pulses -- How to Measure the Characteristics of Laser Pulses -- Spectroscopic Methods for Analysis of Sample Dynamics -- Coherent Effects…