Ultrafast Supercontinuum Generation in Transparent Solid-State Media. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Audrius Dubietis, Arnaud Couairon.
• Authors: Dubietis, Audrius; Couairon, Arnaud
• Contents: Preface Introduction Part I. Physical picture of supercontinuum generation Chapter 1. Governing physical effects 1.1. Self-focusing of laser beams 1.2. Self-phase modulation of laser pulses 1.3. Nonlinear absorption and ionization 1.4. Plasma effects1.4.1. Transition of electrons from the valence to the conduction band 1.4.2. Refractive index change 1.4.3. Plasma induced phase modulation 1.4.4. The Drude-Lorentz model 1.5. Intensity clamping 1.6. Chromatic dispersion 1.7. Self-steepening and space-time focusing 1.8. Four wave mixing and phase matching 1.9. Conical emissionChapter 2. Femtosecond filamentation in solid state media 2.1. Universal features 2.2. Numerical model 2.3. Supercontinuum generation under normal GVD 2.4. Supercontinuum generation under anomalous GVD 2.5. Supercontinuum generation under near zero GVD 2.6. Comparison with supercontinuum generation in a fiberPart 2. Overview of the experimental resultsChapter 3. General practical considerations 3.1. Materials 3.2. Numerical aperture 3.3. Stability issues 3.4. Focusing-defocusing cycles 3.5. Multiple filamentationChapter 4. Experimental results 4.1. Water as prototypical nonlinear medium 4.2. Glasses 4.3. Alkali metal fluorides 4.4. Laser hosts 4.5. Crystals possessing second-order nonlinearity 4.6. Semiconductors 4.7. Other nonlinear mediaChapter 5. New developments 5.1. Power and energy scaling 5.2. Pulse compression 5.3. Supercontinuum generation with picosecond laser pulses 5.4. Supercontinuum generation with non-Gaussian beams5.5. Control of supercontinuum generation References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (125 pages)
• Subjects: Physics; Optical materials; Microwaves; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Technology & Engineering -- Microwaves; Electronic devices & materials; Microwave technology; Technology & Engineering -- Lasers & Photonics; Laser technology & holography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030149956
• Related ISBNs: 9783030149949
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