TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime
T2  - Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
SN  - 9783642309304
AV  - TA1671-1707 
U1  - 621.36 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Physics
KW  - Laser Technology, Photonics
KW  - Plasma Physics
KW  - Optics and Electrodynamics
N1  - Theoretical Foundations of Femtosecond Filamentation -- Pulse Self-Compression in Femtosecond Filaments -- Saturation and Inversion of the All-Optical Kerr Effect; ZDB-2-PHA
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30930-4
ER  -