Extreme nonlinear optics

• Verfasst von: Wegener, Martin [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Extreme nonlinear optics
• Titelzusatz: an introduction : with numerous examples, and 29 problems with complete solutions
• Verf.angabe: Martin Wegener
• Verlagsort: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York
• Verlag: Springer
• E-Jahr: 2005
• Jahr: [2005]
• Umfang: X, 223 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Advanced texts in physics
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 209-217 und Index ; Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
• ISBN: 978-3-540-22291-0
• ISBN: 978-3-642-06090-8
• ISBN: 3-540-22291-X
• Bestellnr.: 10984680
• Schlagwörter: (s)Nichtlineare Optik
• Schlagwörter: (s)Nichtlineare Optik
• Sprache: eng
• Reproduktion: Online-Ausg.: Extreme Nonlinear Optics. - Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. - Online-Ressource (X, 223 p. 86 illus., Numerous Eexamples, 29 Problems with Complete Solutions, digital)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe
• Sonstige Nr.: Best.-Nr.: 10984680
• RVK-Notation: UH 5690
• K10plus-PPN: 1614298009

Abstract

Following the birth of the laser in 1960, the field of "nonlinear optics" rapidly emerged. Today, laser intensities and pulse durations are readily available, for which the concepts and approximations of traditional nonlinear optics no longer apply. In this regime of "extreme nonlinear optics," a large variety of novel and unusual effects arise, e.g. frequency doubling in inversion symmetric materials or high-harmonic generation in gases, which can lead to attosecond electromagnetic pulses or pulse trains. And applications of nonlinear optics cover diverse areas such as solid-state physics, atomic physics, relativistic free electrons in a vacuum and even the vacuum itself. This book starts with an introduction to the field based primarily on extensions of two famous textbook examples, namely the Lorentz oscillator model and the Drude model. Here the level of sophistication should be accessible to any undergraduate physics student. Many graphical illustrations and examples are given. The following chapters gradually guide the student towards the current "state of the art" and provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Every chapter is accompanied by exercises to deepen the reader's understanding of important topics, with detailed solutions at the end of the book. TOC:Introduction.- Selected Aspects of Few-Cycle Laser Pulses and Nonlinear Optics.- The Lorentz Oscillator Model and Beyond...- The Drude Free-Electron Model and Beyond...- Lorentz Becomes Drude: Bound-Unbound Transitions.- Accounting for Propagation Effects.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Semiconductors and Isolators.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Atoms and Electrons.- Solutions.- Symbols