Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime

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Buch | Hardcover
XVI, 128 Seiten
2012 | 2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-30929-8 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
This book examines controversial questions in laser filamentation, a highly complex phenomenon involving nonlinear optical effects and plasma physics. It presents a powerful new approach to estimating the influence of higher-order nonlinear optical effects.
This thesis provides deep insights into currently controversial questions in laser filamentation, a highly complex phenomenon involving nonlinear optical effects and plasma physics. First, based on the concrete picture of a femtosecond laser beam which self-pinches its radial intensity distribution, the thesis delivers a novel explanation for the remarkable and previously unexplained phenomenon of pulse self-compression in filaments. Moreover, the work addresses the impact of a non-adiabatic change of both nonlinearity and dispersion on such an intense femtosecond pulse transiting from a gaseous dielectric material to a solid one. Finally, and probably most importantly, the author presents a simple and highly practical theoretical approach for quantitatively estimating the influence of higher-order nonlinear optical effects in optics. These results shed new light on recent experimental observations, which are still hotly debated and may completely change our understanding of filamentation, causing a paradigm change concerning the role of higher-order nonlinearities in optics.

Theoretical Foundations of Femtosecond Filamentation.- Pulse Self-Compression in Femtosecond Filaments.- Saturation and Inversion of the All-Optical Kerr Effect.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.7.2012
Reihe/Serie Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo XVI, 128 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 354 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Elektrodynamik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Plasmaphysik
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte All-optical Kerr Effect • Femtosecond Filamentation • Filament • Higher-order Kerr Model • Higher-order Nonlinear Optical Effects • Intense Femtosecond Pulses • Optik • Pulse Self-compression
ISBN-10 3-642-30929-1 / 3642309291
ISBN-13 978-3-642-30929-8 / 9783642309298
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