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KVL / Klausuren / MAP 1st HS: 17.10  2nd HS: 12.12  sem.br.: 20.02  begin SS: 16.04

4020225090 Nonlinear Optics      VVZ  

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Thu 13-15
 weekly NEW 14 1'13 (24) Misha Ivanov
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Wed 17-18
 weekly NEW 14 1'13 (24) Misha Ivanov
UE
Wed 18-19
 weekly NEW 14 1'13 (24) Misha Ivanov

Präsenzkurs

classroom language
EN
aims
Part 1: Nonlinear response at the microscopic level
- Fundamentals of Light-Matter Interaction
- Derivation of nonlinear susceptibilities using time-dependent perturbation theory
- Quadratic and cubic susceptibility, Kerr effect

Part 2: Nonlinear macroscopic response
- Different equations used for the description of nonlinear light propagation: Slowly varying envelope approximation, weak reflection approximation etc.
- Wave mixing: Second Harmonic Generation, Difference Frequency Generation
- Phase Matchting
- Propagation in media with Kerr nonlinearity: Self-phase modulation, self-steepening, spectral broadening of the pulse
- Optical phase conjugation,
- Nonlinear Schroedinger equation and temporal solitons in Kerr media
- Self-focusing: critical power and self-focusing length

Part 3: Current frontiers:
- Laser filamentation
- Electromagnetically induced transparency and Slow light
- High harmonic generation
- Above Threshold Ionization
requirements
Bachelor in physics, basic knowledge in optics and quantum mechanics
structure / topics / contents
This is a theory course which includes 1) Nonlinear response of quantum systems to light at the microscopic level, 2) Nonlinear Macroscopic response and nonlinear effects such as wave mixing, Kerr effect, self-focusing, self-phase modulation, high harmonic generation, laser filamentation, temporal and spatial solitons, nonlinear spectroscopies
assigned modules
P25.4.a P25.4.b P35.2
amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
4 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
Written or oral exam.
other
Please contact Prof. Mikhail Ivanov, mivanov@mbi-berlin.de, at the start of the semester with your email details. You will then receive detailed lecture notes and all information regarding in class/on-line teaching.
contact
Prof Mikhail Ivanov, mikhail.ivanov@mbi-berlin.de
literature
R. W. Boyd. Nonlinear Optics. Academic Press
Y. R. Shen. The Principles of Nonlinear Optics. Wiley
B.E.A. Saleh, M.C. Teich. Grundlagen der Photonik. Wiley-VCH
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