edited by Kaoru Yamanouchi, Sergey Tunik, Vladimir Makarov.
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2019.
1 online resource (xxiv, 518 pages) :
illustrations (some color)
Springer series in chemical physics,
volume 119
0172-6218 ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Light and Light Propagation; 1 Polarization Singularities Nucleation in the Self-focusing of an Elliptically Polarized Laser Beam in Kerr Medium and Isotropic Phase of Nematic Liquid Crystal; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Basic Equations of the Self-focusing of Elliptically Polarized Laser Beam in an Isotropic Medium and in an Isotropic Phase of NLC; 1.3 Polarization Singularities in the SF in an Isotropic Kerr Medium; 1.4 Polarization Singularities in the SF in an Isotropic Phase of NLC Near the Temperature of INPT; 1.5 Conclusions; References
2 Generation and Transformation of Light Beams with Polarization Singularities in Three-Wave Mixing Processes in Isotropic Nonlocal Medium2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Bulk Sum-Frequency Generation; 2.2.1 Two Gaussian Fundamental Beams; 2.2.2 Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian Fundamental Beams; 2.3 Bulk Second-Harmonic Generation; 2.3.1 Poincaré Beam; 2.4 Surface Second-Harmonic Generation; 2.4.1 Gaussian Fundamental Beam; 2.4.2 Poincaré Fundamental Beam; 2.5 Conclusions; References
3 Spatio-Temporal and Spectral Transformation of Femtosecond Pulsed Beams with Phase Dislocation Propagating Under Conditions of Self-action in Transparent Solid-State Dielectrics3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mathematical Model for Numerical Simulations of Optical Vortex Self-action; 3.2.1 Nonlinear Wave Equation; 3.2.2 Problem Statement and Initial Conditions; 3.3 Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Spectral Broadening of Optical Vortex in Fused Silica at 1900 nm; 3.3.1 Evolution of Intensity Distribution in Vortex, Annular and Gaussian Beams; 3.3.2 Fluence of Optical Vortex and Gaussian Beams
3.3.3 Evolution of Frequency Spectrum and Energy Transformation in Optical Vortex3.4 Conclusions; References; 4 Picosecond Pulsed High-Peak-Power Lasers; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experiment. Pulsed Repetitive Oscillator, Regenerative and Two-Pass Amplifiers; 4.3 Numerical Modeling. Pulse Formation in the Oscillator; 4.4 Pulse Width Controlling with Fabry-Perot Etalon; 4.5 Thermal Lens at the End-Pump Geometry; 4.6 Energy Gain and Saturation Condition; 4.7 Conclusions; References; 5 Gravitational-Wave Astronomy by Precision Laser Interferometry; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Sources of GWs
5.3 Detection of GWs5.4 Laser Interferometric Detectors; 5.5 Noise of the Interferometric Detector; 5.6 Major Projects; 5.7 KAGRA; 5.8 Light Source for KAGRA; 5.9 GW Astronomy; 5.10 Summary; References; Biological Applications; 6 Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging (PLIM): State of the Art and Perspectives; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 State of the Art in PLIM Research; 6.2.1 PLIM Instrumentation: Confocal PLIM with TCSPC; 6.2.2 Biomedical Models; 6.2.3 Probes for Practical PLIM; 6.3 Perspectives of PLIM; 6.3.1 Non-oxygen Sensing; 6.3.2 Towards Live Imaging of Cell/Tissue Metabolism
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