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Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in transparent solid-state media /

3030149951

303014996X

9783030149956

9783030149963

3030149943

9783030149949

Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in transparent solid-state media /

[Book]

Audrius Dubietis, Arnaud Couairon.

Cham :

Springer,

2019.

1 online resource

SpringerBriefs in physics

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; Part I Physical Picture of Supercontinuum Generation; 2 Governing Physical Effects; 2.1 Self-focusing of Laser Beams; 2.2 Self-phase Modulation of Laser Pulses; 2.3 Nonlinear Absorption and Ionization; 2.4 Plasma Effects; 2.4.1 Transition of Electrons from the Valence to the Conduction Band; 2.4.2 Refractive Index Change; 2.4.3 Plasma-Induced Phase Modulation; 2.4.4 The Drude-Lorentz Model; 2.5 Intensity Clamping; 2.6 Chromatic Dispersion; 2.7 Self-steepening and Space-Time Focusing

2.8 Four-Wave Mixing and Phase MatchingReferences; 3 Femtosecond Filamentation in Solid-State Media; 3.1 Universal Features of Femtosecond Filamentation; 3.1.1 Conical Emission; 3.1.2 Plasma Channel Formation; 3.1.3 Filament Robustness and Energy Reservoir; 3.1.4 Conical Waves; 3.2 Numerical Model; 3.3 Supercontinuum Generation Under Normal GVD; 3.4 Supercontinuum Generation in the Region of Anomalous GVD; 3.5 Supercontinuum Generation Under Zero GVD; 3.6 Conical Emission; References; Part II Overview of the Experimental Results; 4 General Practical Considerations; 4.1 Materials

4.2 External Focusing4.3 Stability Issues; 4.4 Effect of Filament Refocusing; 4.5 Multiple Filamentation; References; 5 Experimental Results; 5.1 Water as a Prototypical Nonlinear Medium; 5.2 Glasses; 5.3 Alkali Metal Fluorides; 5.4 Laser Hosts; 5.5 Crystals with Second-Order Nonlinearity; 5.6 Semiconductors; 5.7 Other Nonlinear Media; References; 6 New Developments; 6.1 Power and Energy Scaling; 6.2 Extracavity Pulse Compression; 6.2.1 Pulse Compression Exploiting SPM in Normally Dispersive Media; 6.2.2 Soliton Compression Due to Second-Order Cascading

6.2.3 Self-compression Through Filamentation6.2.4 Soliton Compression in Isotropic Nonlinear Media with Anomalous GVD; 6.2.5 Other Compression Mechanisms; 6.3 Supercontinuum Generation with Picosecond Laser Pulses; 6.4 Control of Supercontinuum Generation; 6.5 Supercontinuum Generation with Non-Gaussian Beams; 6.6 Other Developments; References

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This book presents the underlying physical picture and an overview of the state of the art of femtosecond supercontinuum generation in various transparent solid-state media, ranging from wide-bandgap dielectrics to semiconductor materials, and across various parts of the optical spectrum, from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared. A particular emphasis is placed on the most recent experimental developments: multioctave supercontinuum generation with pumping in the mid-infrared spectral range, spectral control, power and energy scaling of broadband radiation and the development of simple, flexible and robust pulse compression techniques, which deliver few optical cycle pulses and which could be readily implemented in a variety of modern ultrafast laser systems. The expected audience includes graduate students, professionals and scientists working in the field of laser-matter interactions and ultrafast nonlinear optics.

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Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in transparent solid-state media.

9783030149949

Femtosecond lasers.

Semiconductors.

Surfaces (Physics)

Femtosecond lasers.

Semiconductors.

Surfaces (Physics)

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Mechanical.

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Dubietis, Audrius

Couairon, Arnaud

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