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Optical kerr effect in the strong field regime
Pierre BéjotG. KarrasJ. HouzetEric CormierOlivier FaucherBruno LavorelJérôme KasparianEdouard HertzJean-pierre WolfFranck Billardsubject
PhysicsKerr effectMagneto-optic Kerr effectMode-lockingQuantum mechanicsCross-phase modulationFilament propagationOptical polarizationSoliton (optics)Physics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsQ-switchingdescription
The optical Kerr response of hydrogen atom submitted to a strong and short near infrared laser pulse excitation is studied by solving the full 3D time-dependent Schro¨dinger equation. The nonlinear polarization evaluated at the driving field frequency is compared to the canonical expression derived from perturbation theory. A discrepancy between the two models is observed at large intensity affecting the nonlinear propagation of short and intense laser pulses.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2013-01-01 |