• DocumentCode
    1772021
  • Title

    Non-instantaneous polarization decay in dielectric media

  • Author

    Hofmann, Martin ; Bree, C. ; Hoffmann, Marco ; Demircan, A. ; Nagy, T. ; Ristau, D. ; Morgner, U. ; Birkholz, S. ; Das, Sajal K. ; Bock, M. ; Grunwald, Ruediger ; Hyyti, J. ; Elsaesser, Thomas ; Steinmeyer, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Weierstrass-Inst. fur Angewandte Anal. und Stochastik, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate experimental evidence for non-instantaneous polarization decay in dielectrics. The few-femtosecond relaxation times agree favorable with solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation and relate to resonances of the quantum mechanical dipole.
  • Keywords
    Michelson interferometers; Schrodinger equation; light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; dielectric media; few-femtosecond relaxation times; noninstantaneous polarization decay; polarization decay; quantum mechanical dipole resonances; time-dependent Schrödinger equation; Dielectrics; Equations; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear optics; Photonic band gap; Polarization; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989729