Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Theses
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Carsten Bree
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	128
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-30929-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Optics (light) Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Plasma physics Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Applied optics > Laser technology
LSN:	3-642-30929-1
Barcode:	9783642309298

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