Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in transparent solid-state media
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Ultrafast supercontinuum generation in transparent solid-state media
（SpringerBriefs in Physics）
Springer, c2019
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Physical picture of supercontinuum generation
Chapter 1. Governing physical effects
1.1. Self-focusing of laser beams
1.2. Self-phase modulation of laser pulses
1.3. Nonlinear absorption and ionization
1.4. Plasma effects
1.4.1. Transition of electrons from the valence to the conduction band
1.4.2. Refractive index change
1.4.3. Plasma induced phase modulation
1.4.4. The Drude-Lorentz model
1.5. Intensity clamping
1.6. Chromatic dispersion
1.7. Self-steepening and space-time focusing
1.8. Four wave mixing and phase matching
1.9. Conical emission
Chapter 2. Femtosecond filamentation in solid state media
2.1. Universal features
2.2. Numerical model
2.3. Supercontinuum generation under normal GVD
2.4. Supercontinuum generation under anomalous GVD
2.5. Supercontinuum generation under near zero GVD
2.6. Comparison with supercontinuum generation in a fiber
Part 2. Overview of the experimental results
Chapter 3. General practical considerations
3.1. Materials
3.2. Numerical aperture
3.3. Stability issues
3.4. Focusing-defocusing cycles
3.5. Multiple filamentation
Chapter 4. Experimental results
4.1. Water as prototypical nonlinear medium
4.2. Glasses
4.3. Alkali metal fluorides
4.4. Laser hosts
4.5. Crystals possessing second-order nonlinearity
4.6. Semiconductors
4.7. Other nonlinear media
Chapter 5. New developments
5.1. Power and energy scaling
5.2. Pulse compression
5.3. Supercontinuum generation with picosecond laser pulses
5.4. Supercontinuum generation with non-Gaussian beams
5.5. Control of supercontinuum generation
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