| Nonlinear Optics Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Skobel Tsyn, D. V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461575214 ISBN-13: 9781461575214 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Optics - Science | Physics - Optics & Light - Science | Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical |
| Dewey: 535.15 |
| Series: Lebedev Physics Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.08 lbs) 203 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this paper we investigated the dynamics of the processes occurring in a Q-switched laser. This work was stimulated by the lack of data on the spatial and temporal development of generation, despite the obvious importance of such data in the use of giant light pulses in in- vestigations of the nonlinear interaction of radiation and matter. From a systematic con- sideration of a relatively simple model of a Q-switched laser we analytically investigated two main phases of development of the giant pulse - the phase of linear development of generation, which begins with amplification of the spontaneous emission in the modes, and the phase of nonlinear transverse development, during which the giant light pulse proper is emitted. In ad- dition, fo r a thorough inve stigation of the picture of development of the pulse as a whole the equations were numerically integrated. ' Subsequent experiments 26, 27] confirmed the occurrence of transverse development of the giant pulse, while recent experiments on nonlinear amplification 28] have shown the sig- nificance of this effect in the propagation of the giant pulse in a nonlinear medium. A know- ledge of the transverse development of the giant pulse would appear to be essential for the exact determination of the true strength of the light field in experiments on multi photon pro- cesses 29]. The developed theory also leads to recommendations for the design of lasers to generate giant light pulses of minimum length and minimum divergence of emission. |