Femtosecond laser filamentation /
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| Author / Creator: | Chin, See Leang. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Springer, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 130 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics, 1615-5653 ; 55 Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics ; 55. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8894460 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Mature Physics and New Development
- 1.2. Phase Effect of a Laser Pulse Propagating in an Optical Medium
- 1.3. Multiphoton and Tunnel Ionization
- 1.4. Optical Breakdown
- 1.5. Intense Femtosecond Laser Beam Attenuation
- 2. Filamentation Physics
- 2.1. Some Experimental Observations
- 2.2. Experimental Definition of a Filament by Bum Paper
- 2.3. Single Filamentation Physics
- 2.3.1. Slice-by-Slice Self-Focusing
- 2.3.2. Intensity Clamping
- 2.3.3. Is There Optical Breakdown During Filamentation?
- 2.3.4. Effect of External Focusing
- 2.3.5. Background Energy Reservoir
- 2.3.6. Self-Spatial Mode Filtering
- 2.3.7. Self-Phase Modulation, Self-Steepening and White Light Laser (Supercontinuum)
- 2.3.8. Conical Emission
- 2.3.9. Ring Structure at the Pump Wavelength
- 2.3.10. Self-Pulse Compression
- 2.3.11. X-wave
- 2.4. Full Evolution of a Single Filament
- 2.5. Maturity of a Filament
- 2.6. Filamentation Without Ionization
- 2.7. What Is a Filament?
- 3. Theory of Single Filamentation
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Filamentation in Air
- 3.3. Numerical Solution of Filamentation in Air
- 3.4. Filamentation in Condensed Matter
- 3.5. x-Wave and Conical Emission
- 4. Multiple Filamentation
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Multiple Filamentation: Experimental Observation
- 4.3. Interference and Competition of Multiple Filaments
- 4.4. Theory of Multiple Filamentation
- 4.5. The Challenge of Long Distance Filamentation
- 4.6. Long Distance Multiple Filamentation Control
- 5. Filamentation Nonlinear Optics: General
- 5.1. Self-Actions
- 5.2. Self-Remote Projection in Air
- 5.3. Self-Pulse Compression
- 5.4. Exploitations of the Self-Actions
- 6. Filamentation Nonlinear Optics: Third Harmonic Generation and Four-Wave-Mixing Inside a Filament
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Third Harmonic Generation Inside a Filament in Air (Theoretical Analysis)
- 6.3. Experiment on THG in Air
- 6.4. Conical Emission and Superbroadening of the Third Harmonic in Air
- 6.5. Efficient Tunable Few Cycle Visible Pulse Generation Through Four-Wave-Mixing Inside the Filament Core
- 6.6. Self-Group-Phase Locking During Four-Wave-Mixing Inside a Filament
- 6.7. Derivation of Equation (6.1)
- 7. Remote Sensing Using Filamentation
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Remote Control of Filamentation
- 7.3. Physical Considerations
- 7.4. Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents in Air
- 7.4.1. Molecules in the Gas/Vapor Phase
- 7.4.2. Biological Targets
- 7.4.3. Metallic Targets
- 7.4.4. Water Aerosols Containing Metallic Salts
- 7.5. Conclusion and Looking Ahead
- 8. Challenges Ahead
- 8.1. Multiple Filamentation
- 8.1.1. Why Does a Large Diameter Beam Diverge Slowly Over Long Distances When There Is Multiple Filamentation?
- 8.1.2. Filament Collaboration
- 8.1.3. Optimum Wavelength to Produce the Broadest and Strongest White Light
- 8.1.4. Filament Control Using a Deformable Mirror
- 8.2. Time-Resolved Excitation of Superexcited States of Molecules
- 8.3. Ultrafast Birefringence
- 8.3.1. Filament-Induced Birefringence
- 8.3.2. Excitation of Molecular Rotational Wave Packets in Air and Polarization Separation
- 8.3.3. Just the Beginning of Filament-Induced Birefringence
- References
- Index