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Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime

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Authors:
  1. Carsten Brée

    1. Leibniz Institute, Weierstrass Institute, Berlin, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding contribution by the Humboldt University, Berlin
  • Sheds light on controversial questions surrounding laser filamentation
  • Presents a powerful new approach to estimating the influence of higher-order nonlinear optical effects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Carsten Brée
    Pages 1-5

  3. Theoretical Foundations of Femtosecond Filamentation

    • Carsten Brée
    Pages 7-33

  4. Pulse Self-Compression in Femtosecond Filaments

    • Carsten Brée
    Pages 35-77

  5. Saturation and Inversion of the All-Optical Kerr Effect

    • Carsten Brée
    Pages 79-109

  6. Conclusions

    • Carsten Brée
    Pages 111-114

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 115-125
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leibniz Institute, Weierstrass Institute, Berlin, Germany

    Carsten Brée

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime

  • Authors: Carsten Brée

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30930-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30929-8Published: 10 July 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44358-9Published: 09 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30930-4Published: 09 July 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 128

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Plasma Physics, Classical Electrodynamics

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