• DocumentCode
    2244831
  • Title

    Saturation of the all-optical Kerr effect

  • Author

    Brée, C. ; Demircan, A. ; Steinmeyer, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. (MBI), Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A Kramers-Kronig transform of multiphoton ionization rates allows for a computation of the spectrally dependent nonlinear refractive index change and predicts its intensity dependent saturation and inversion in remarkable agreement with recent experimental results.
  • Keywords
    Kramers-Kronig relations; argon; molecule-photon collisions; multiphoton processes; optical Kerr effect; optical saturation; photoionisation; refractive index; Ar; Kramers-Kronig transform; argon; intensity-dependent optical saturation; multiphoton ionization; optical Kerr effect; spectrally dependent nonlinear refractive index; Argon; Computational modeling; Ionization; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical variables control; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950803