Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime
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,...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Series: | Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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| Online Access: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime, Texte imprimé, 9783642309298 • Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime, Texte imprimé, 9783642309311 • Nonlinear optics in the filamentation regime, Carsten Brée, Heidelberg [etc.], Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (XVI-125 p.), Springer theses, 3-642-44358-3 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9783642309304 |
| ISSN: | 2190-5061 |
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