Dr. Andrei Stalmashonak is currently a Research Scientist at CODIXX AG, Barleben, Germany helping to transfer the knowledge behind the subject of this Brief to the international market. Dr. Gerhard Seifert is currently leading an independent research group in the Centre of Innovation Competence SiLi-nano, which is investigating nanostructured materials for light and photon management, and femtosecond laser material processing. He is one of the discoverers of femtosecond laser induced shape change of metal nanoparticles in glass matrix (which is at the heart of the proposed SpringerBrief), and has published more than 20 papers on this topic since 1999 in renowned scientific journals.Dr. Amin Abdolvand occupies the chair of Functional Materials & Photonics at the University of Dundee and currently holds a Career Acceleration Fellowship (2010-2015) from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom to work on metal-glass nanocomposites from nanoengineering to applications.

• Introduction.- Optical Properties of Nanocomposites Containing Metal Nanoparticles.- Interaction of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses with Metal Nanoparticles Incorporated in Dielectric Media.- Effect of Pulse Intensity and Writing Density on Nanoparticle Shape.- "Off-Resonant" Excitation: Irradiation Wavelength Dependence.- The Effect of Temperature on the Laser-Induced Modifications of Ag Nanoparticles.- Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser Engineering of Metal-Glass Nanocomposites.- Conclusions.

Dr. Andrei Stalmashonak is currently a Research Scientist at CODIXX AG, Barleben, Germany helping to transfer the knowledge behind the subject of this Brief to the international market. Dr. Gerhard Seifert is currently leading an independent research group in the Centre of Innovation Competence SiLi-nano, which is investigating nanostructured materials for light and photon management, and femtosecond laser material processing. He is one of the discoverers of femtosecond laser induced shape change of metal nanoparticles in glass matrix (which is at the heart of the proposed SpringerBrief), and has published more than 20 papers on this topic since 1999 in renowned scientific journals.Dr. Amin Abdolvand occupies the chair of Functional Materials & Photonics at the University of Dundee and currently holds a Career Acceleration Fellowship (2010-2015) from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom to work on metal-glass nanocomposites from nanoengineering to applications.

• Introduction.- Optical Properties of Nanocomposites Containing Metal Nanoparticles.- Interaction of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses with Metal Nanoparticles Incorporated in Dielectric Media.- Effect of Pulse Intensity and Writing Density on Nanoparticle Shape.- "Off-Resonant" Excitation: Irradiation Wavelength Dependence.- The Effect of Temperature on the Laser-Induced Modifications of Ag Nanoparticles.- Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser Engineering of Metal-Glass Nanocomposites.- Conclusions.

Dr. Andrei Stalmashonak is currently a Research Scientist at CODIXX AG, Barleben, Germany helping to transfer the knowledge behind the subject of this Brief to the international market. Dr. Gerhard Seifert is currently leading an independent research group in the Centre of Innovation Competence SiLi-nano, which is investigating nanostructured materials for light and photon management, and femtosecond laser material processing. He is one of the discoverers of femtosecond laser induced shape change of metal nanoparticles in glass matrix (which is at the heart of the proposed SpringerBrief), and has published more than 20 papers on this topic since 1999 in renowned scientific journals.Dr. Amin Abdolvand occupies the chair of Functional Materials & Photonics at the University of Dundee and currently holds a Career Acceleration Fellowship (2010-2015) from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom to work on metal-glass nanocomposites from nanoengineering to applications.

• Introduction.- Optical Properties of Nanocomposites Containing Metal Nanoparticles.- Interaction of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses with Metal Nanoparticles Incorporated in Dielectric Media.- Effect of Pulse Intensity and Writing Density on Nanoparticle Shape.- "Off-Resonant" Excitation: Irradiation Wavelength Dependence.- The Effect of Temperature on the Laser-Induced Modifications of Ag Nanoparticles.- Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser Engineering of Metal-Glass Nanocomposites.- Conclusions.