Nonlinear Optics in the Filamentation Regime

• Main Author: Brée, Carsten (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Lasers.; Photonics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Plasma Physics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Foundations of Femtosecond Filamentation
• Pulse Self-Compression in Femtosecond Filaments
• Saturation and Inversion of the All-Optical Kerr Effect.