Computational Nonlinear Optics: Applications to Light Strings and Nanophtonics
Abstract
A technical summary of this project is contained in the accompanying presentation materials. This work continues our very successful effort in studying the physics and computational aspects of propagation of atmospheric light strings and has received broad exposure amongst academic, industry and DOD communities. Potential applications abound for light strings and the RF electromagnetic pulses emitted from plasma channels generated by these light strings. We carried out some simulations for Ionatron in Tucson in support of their high power femtosecond pulse propagation experiments. We were able to predict the phenomenon of femtosecond light string self-healing on collision with optically opaque scatterers. A fully microscopic theory of incoherent THz emission from plasma channels left in the wake of femtosecond light strings has just been submitted to Physical Review Letters. Our UPPE vector ultra-short pulse propagator was instrumental in identifying a new class of nonlinear X-waves that propagate in condensed media such as water.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA430969
Entities
People
- Jerome V. Moloney
Organizations
- University of Arizona