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Radiative recombination in a strong laser field: low-frequency approximation
2005
A theoretical treatment of the laser-assisted radiative recombination (LARR) is presented in which the low-frequency (LF) assumption is exploited. The merit of the proposed LF approximation is twofold. First, the LF approximation considerably simplifies the calculations of the transition rates, whereas the results obtained within this approximation are only slightly different from those obtained without resorting to it. Second, the LF approximation gives more insight into the physical picture of the process, which may be viewed as a two-step process. In the first step, the free electron propagates toward the ion, and its motion is described classically with motion changes ascribed mainly to…
Analysis of Optical Systems, Contrast Depth, and Measurement of Electric and Magnetic Field Distribution on the Object's Surface in Mirror Electron M…
2011
Abstract The contrast depth is analyzed as well, that is the sensitivity of electron mirror microscope to disorders of homogeneity on the object (local magnetic and electric fields, surface relief). Because of the latter ones, electron trajectories feel disturbances (electrons acquire additional increment velocity in radial and azimuthal directions), which leads to the shift of the observed point on the screen and, as a consequence, to the image contrast. Since the electron energy, when reflected, tends to zero, electrons are influenced by heterogeneities for a long time. It causes high sensitivity to heterogeneities, up to the crossing of electron trajectories (caustics are generated). The…
Nonlinear dynamics induced by optical shocks formation
2006
This paper reports on recent studies suggesting that optical shocks can rule the dynamics of cw (or quasi-cw) optical field propagating in glass when common phenomena such as four-wave mixing in fibers or catastrophic self-focusing in bulk are considered. The post-shock oscillations evolve into colliding dark solitons that determine the output pattern in a non-recurrent fashion. This scenario based on the defocusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation and its reduction to a hydrodynamical model is substantially confirmed by our experimental data consisting of recorded output spectra and temporal patterns retrieved from SHG-FROG traces. Numerical results also indicate that, during self-focusing, …
The dynamics of the electron in a homonuclear driven molecular ion
2004
Abstract The radiation diffused by a one-dimensional homonuclear molecular ion driven by a laser field is studied as a function of the time. When the photon energy is resonant with the energy gap between the ground and the first excited state, the electronic probability density is seen to undergo slow and deep oscillations between the two nuclei. Synchronous to such oscillations, deep modulations of the emitted power are observed. The period of oscillation is of the order of 10 optical cycles. Detection of the variation in the intensity of the emitted electromagnetic spectrum therefore brings information on the position of the electron in the molecule.
Effects of the magnetodipolar interactions in the alternating magnetic fields
1999
A macroscopic theory for the description of the structure formation in a system of magnetic dipoles under the action of a high-frequency rotating field is presented. Continuum equations for the effective magnetic field strength describing particle interactions are derived. It is shown that, contrary to the case of a constant magnetic field, where the demagnetizing field arising from a concentration fluctuation stabilizes the system with respect to the phase separation, the same concentration fluctuation will be amplified in the case of a rotating magnetic field, leading to the formation of a layered structure. The extensions of the model necessary for the description of the formation of the…
Models, predictions, and experimental measurements of far-infrared NH3-laser dynamics and comparisons with the Lorenz-Haken model
1995
Dynamics of the intensity and optical field amplitude of a coherently pumped far-infrared NH3-laser are measured and characterized. The experimental findings in certain parameter ranges closely follow the dynamics of the Lorenz model and its generalization for laser systems. Similarities and some specific differences are found in geometrical or statistical characterizations of the attractors. The experimental results are also consistent with the results of a model of optically pumped three-level lasers which takes into account the presence of a multiplicity of velocity groups as well as three-level coherence effects. For a certain region in parameter space, this far more complex model with …
CONTROL OF RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION BY A STRONG LASER FIELD
2004
Strong-field laser-assisted radiation recombination is investigated: (a) to explore the control possibilities with two laser fields having commensurable frequencies and (b) to get some insight into the influence of the medium (a plasma) in which recombination occurs. It is found that by varying the relative phase of the two fields it is possible to control enhancement, broadening and symmetry properties of the recombination differential emitted power. In the case of an anisotropic two-temperature plasma, an interesting interplay is found between the shape of the laser-modified electron velocity distribution function and the shape of the emitted X-ray photon power spectrum. The novel feature…
One-dimensional twice kicked hydrogen atom
2004
Our simple theory for excitation of Rydberg atoms by two short, weak half-cycle pulses confirms the experimental data and results of previous calculations. We show that the stronger the field, the faster are the oscillations of the population .
Towards a nonequilibrium thermodynamic description of incoherent nonlinear optics
2007
pa href="http://oe.osa.org/virtual_issue.cfm?vid=36"Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics/a/pThis concise review is aimed at providing an introduction to the kinetic theory of partially coherent optical waves propagating in nonlinear media. The subject of incoherent nonlinear optics received a renewed interest since the first experimental demonstration of incoherent solitons in slowly responding photorefractive crystals. Several theories have been successfully developed to provide a detailed description of the novel dynamical features inherent to partially coherent nonlinear optical waves. However, such theories leave unanswered the following important question: Which is the long term…
Modelling Optical Resonators Probed by Subwavelength Sized Optical Detectors
1996
The possibility of mapping the optical field structure inside a Fabry-Perot resonator by using a pointed optical fiber was recently reported [1]. In this contribution, we propose a simulation of such near-field optical experiments by using a two-dimensional self-consistent model. The method based on the discretization of four different domains, i.e. the two mirrors, the glass sample and the tip, allows us a meaningful description of the evolution of the full field pattern when approaching the optical detector. In particular, this computerized work supply a direct illustration of the optical energy tranfer occurring when the tip enters the near-field zone. In this context, different tip desi…